Explication of a few sma

Michael Straight · 02 Apr 1998, 13:36 · from urth-v0009.mbox · original

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From: Michael Straight <straight at email.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Explication of a few sma
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:36:57
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On 30 Mar 1998, Tony Ellis wrote:

> David Lebling wrote:
> >...Didn't
> >someone report (somewhere in the archives) that Wolfe has said that no
> >one was murdered by Alden Weer in _Peace_?=20
>=20
> In the online People interview, Wolfe was asked if Weer killed
> many of the other characters in the book and responded "Let
> me think about that... no. I don't think so, no."

I'd always understood that quote to mean that, Weer did not kill "many" of
the other characters of the book, not that he didn't kill anyone.  I doubt
Wolfe would have had to think about it if Weer was entirely innocent, and
it seems pretty plain that he at least (accidentally) killed the boy at
the top of the stairs.

-Rostrum


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