MT wrote:
>
> First, thanks to Eddie Duggan for pointing out the
Times articles. They
> are very interesting. I notice that John Harvey
apparently enjoys a high
> reputation. I have never read this author. What would
raravians suggest
> of his?
>
> Second, I would like to propose Dan Kavanagh's
_Fiddle City_ as a
> monthly reading. I recently re-read this book and
found it even better
> than the first time. From its hilarious and
astonishing opening, this is
> a virtuoso performance by Julian Barnes, who seems to
have permanently
> abandoned his Kavanagh pen-name -- and crime fiction.
This would be
> unforgivable if he weren't lighting up the pages of
the New Yorker with
> his unusual gift for humor (and, of course, writing
the fine,
> unclassifiable books that made his name in the
"literary" world). The
> man is good at everything...
>
> Regards,
>
> MT
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