Dear group: I recommend we do the book that gave this group its name: The Maltese Falcon. A very rara avis indeed. To jumpstart a thread, was Sam Spade a frightened man? Was he scared of death throughout the novel? Is that the secret of the falling beams? Sincerely, Frederick Zackel Bowling Green State University - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca