Since Hemingway has been broached, why not Faulkner? The De Spain reference reminded me of one of the families in Yoknapataphwa(?) County. Faulkner worked on the screenplay for Big Sleep. Did these two ever meet? I will have to start reading these biographies everyone keeps mentioning. Bill Barry <barrywd@gwsmtp.nu.com> - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca