Regarding authors, try Donald Westalakes's upcoming return to the Richard Stark pseudonym, or even my John Cuddy books (especially THE STAKED GOAT and RESCUE). Slightly off-topic, my wife and I rented the vidieo THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, with Andy Garcia, Treat Williams, Christopher Walken, etc. There is a supporting actress who does the best believeable hooker turn I've ever seen, and the plot is nearly perfectly foreshadowed and echoed throughout. Jeremiah Healy - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca