>Where the hell are you people finding this book (in
the US, that is)?
I too had this experience, and long ago gave the title to a
local book
finder who goes to used book sales throughout the region
(Midwest). I'm
known as the person who comes up with titles they can't find
anywhere.
I did find the first of the Factory series, He Died With His
Eyes Open, and
it's VERY good so far. Terse dialogue that should be spoken,
even if it's
invented. Is it to be compared to Dostoevsky, as Publisher's
Weekly
blurbs? I'll say more when I finish.
BUT a couple of idiom questions, from this Yank:
What is "a berk," applied more than once as an insult? Is it
a clipped
version of "berserk"?
Or this, "And can't get in my hair at all, will you?" From
Bowman to the
protagonist (3). Proof mistake, or would this London chief
inspector
really use "can't" rather than "don't"? Or (lightbulb slowly
coming on)
does he mean "You haven't the power to bother me, so don't
try,
understand?"
Trying to understand,
Bill Hagen
<billha@ionet.net>
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