----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Beaver" <
jumblejim@prodigy.net> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Wednesday, September 18,
2002 1:11 AM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Dialogue Question
> > A friend of mine is trying to come up with the
author and the title of
the
> > book where
> > the following line of dialogue can be
found:
> >
> > "Shut up," he explained.
> >
> > He says it's from a hard-boiled detective
novel, and I have to admit it
> > sounds familiar to me, but I can't place it,
either. Anybody have any
> idea?
>
> "'Are you lost daddy' I arsked tenderly. 'Shut up'
he explained."
>
> Ring Lardner 1885-1933, The Young Immigrunts, 1920,
chapter 10.
>
> Jim Beaver
Thanks, Jim. Lardner can be pretty hard-boiled at times. Not
so sure about the detective part of the description, though.
I'll pass along the info.
James
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