Ned Fleming wrote
> To be honest, the above three just barely make the
"blown away" cut.
> None of them compare to the -- what do I call it? --
sudden
> intuitive realization of reading a masterpiece as
Patrick O'Brian's
> "Master and Commander" gave me. But O'Brian operates
in another
> genre, heck, I'll say it, another level, than does
hardboiled
> literature.
Getting way of list here Ned and we'll be told off in a
moment but I've not long finished "The Mauritius Command" and
have the next lined up. Excellent and great literature - what
a story teller. All the best for the New Year and lets hope
it brings some gun control to your country. Pete
"He who lives by the cristal ball ends up eating glass" Jose
Latour
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