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Re: Kinbote post shock treatment (fwd)
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From: michael fischer <voltemand@hotmail.com>
>From: Walter Miale <wmiale@acbm.qc.ca>
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> >...I
> >wonder how Kinbote would have felt and what he would
> >have done if he had recovered.
>How about a brave soul taking a crack at a sequel?
>Just kidding, sort of.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Walter Miale
>
>PS One can imagine a collection of little sequels, each from the point of
>view of an alleged author of Pale Fire: Prof Kinbote, Prof Botkin, Prof
>Emerald, the elder Shade, dolorous Hazel Shade (laterly enjoying literary
>celebrity and a brisk social scene in the Big Apple), King Charles II,
>Virginia White...
>
>And while we're at it, wouldn't one like to hear Jack Grey's account of his
>meeting, perhaps two meetings, with Kinbote?
>
In the middle of Amis' London Fields, (which I was inspired to read by
seeing the arch little S.O.B. at the NYC Centenary) I wonder if he has been
doing exactly what you suggest.
-Michael
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>From: Walter Miale <wmiale@acbm.qc.ca>
>
> >...I
> >wonder how Kinbote would have felt and what he would
> >have done if he had recovered.
>How about a brave soul taking a crack at a sequel?
>Just kidding, sort of.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Walter Miale
>
>PS One can imagine a collection of little sequels, each from the point of
>view of an alleged author of Pale Fire: Prof Kinbote, Prof Botkin, Prof
>Emerald, the elder Shade, dolorous Hazel Shade (laterly enjoying literary
>celebrity and a brisk social scene in the Big Apple), King Charles II,
>Virginia White...
>
>And while we're at it, wouldn't one like to hear Jack Grey's account of his
>meeting, perhaps two meetings, with Kinbote?
>
In the middle of Amis' London Fields, (which I was inspired to read by
seeing the arch little S.O.B. at the NYC Centenary) I wonder if he has been
doing exactly what you suggest.
-Michael
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