Who is Recktall Brown from The Recognitions a Novel and what is their importance?

The obvious connotation of this satirical name is that of a brown-noser or someone so eager for approval that he makes a fool of himself. Rectall is a real phony, like Hollie Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany's. He writes and publishes his own bad poetry and the poetry of others. Gifted at self-promotion, Rectall appears all over the bohemian map of Greenwich Village. His faux hipness serves as a sign to the reader that he is really a hustler instead of an artist, unless being a bullshit artist counts the same as being a painter or writer.