I guess one of the reasons for my earlier post regarding _American Tabloid_ and whether or not it is "hardboiled" is that I think James Ellroy is perhaps the hardest of the hardboiled, with _Tabloid_ an excellent example of his work, operating at high gear. I for one can hardly wait for the next volume in the series that Ellroy is putting together. In fact, I can hardly wait for the next volume of _anything_ by Ellroy (what was the general response of this crowd to his autobiographical work _My Dark Places_?). Craig Larson - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca