Legend has it that one of Pynchon's teachers wrote a prompt on the board and told his writing students to write on the topic for the remainder of class. TP refused to turn his work in, rather he followed his professor back to his office, sat on the floor right outside the door, and went on to finish. I hear this is the result.
I also hear it's not considered good enough to have been included in Slow Learner. Of course that doesn't discourage me...time does a good enough job of that...
It's on eBay, and not really for unreasonable prices, considering other works by Pynchon.
