i came late to office life but found that a regular lunch hour gave me an opportunity to read fat books slowly so - in keeping with the times - i've begun on The Cantos if no one objects i'm going to treat this list as my oracle - here's the first lazy question the initial pages read like a ticker tape parade of history - are there fictional characters of Pound's own making in the Cantos - or is every name i meet someone i could go look up on Wikipedia