One quick note on the Beckett bit:
I think Mahood and the Worm are different characters only insofar as the multiple personality disorders of Malone are different: when the penis is limp, it is the worm, and the narrator "Mahood" goes to sleep and and is taken over. When it is erect, it is "awake".
In other words, both Malone and his genitals suffer from MPD. Hmm.
Sorry to clog up the urth list with that, but I knew that someone here would get the same idea! Hopefully, no one was offended. Hey, Beckett wrote it! Take care, all.
Marc Aramini