At 12:48 AM 31/08/2006 +0100, you wrote:
>Kerry, I won't tell you why handcuffs are on my list.
That'd spoil
>everything. And it's kind of my point. I don't need
to say anything about
>the list and already you're making judgments and
asking questions. That's
>what we do as readers.
Sure, and you knew that when you created the list. Writing is
a collaboration between writers and readers.
>Incidentally, the examples of the use of the baseball
bat you refer to are
>not atypical. No baseball is played in Scotland and
we have virtually no
>exposure to the sport on television. Baseball bats
typically serve only
>one purpose in this dark corner of the planet.
They're also the weapon of
>choice among enforcers.
I understand. Not atypical in Scotland. I learned that in the
book.
>As for the good writing/bad writing thing, I think
Oscar Wilde had it
>right: "There is no such thing as a moral or immoral
book. Books are well
>written, or badly written, that is all."
I can go with that. Maybe. Kerry
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