This is a nutria! You can learn more about them in our first episode on Gravity's Rainbow! Listen to Episode 14: In which the Pynchon Pals, in their arrogance, thought they could talk through more of the book in three hours (Gravity’s Rainbow Episodes 1.1-1.7) now: redcircle.com/shows/3c4720...
Pynchon Pals - a podcast about finally reading Thomas Pynchon
