"The Whole Megillah," as I understand it, then, suggests
seeing something
through that starts to seem nonsensical. It isn't entirely
negative, just
a suggestion of silliness.
I agree, there's a good 'hart-boilt' novel to be written as
"The Whole
Megillah." How about part of an Esther Marlowe series, some
time after
"The Big Spiel" and "The Queen Wouldn't Dance"?
Joe Kraus
Northwestern University
John Lau writes:
>btw... where did the expression "the whole magilla"
originate anyway? it
>sounds like it could be a hard boiled title, doesn't
it? there, I managed to
>be relevant.
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