Dear All, Thank you for such a great response to my questions on Vachss and Connelly and Thompson and Torres. Someone mentioned that AMERICAN TABLOID was the best crime novel ever. I thought it was very good. It was a crime novel though, like the Godfather. It wasn't hardboiled. Did you know that it is the beginning in a new trilogy for Ellroy, similiar to his LA one. I believe the series will end with Nixon's resignation. What do you think will be in the next book? What do you want to be in the next book? check out my website at http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/4558 - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca