> Etienne Borgers has written:
> > Michael Brett:
> > The confusion comes probably due to the fact
there are
> > TWO writers with the same name,
> > -one is British, and Michael Brett is an alias
for
> > Miles Tripp. I do not know more about this
one
> > -one is American and wrote mystery novels of
the
> > HB/Noir type, but I do not recall to have
read
> > something by him.
> > His PI was named Peter McGrath (a series of
about ten
> > novels).
> > Amongst his production:
> > AN EAR FOR MURDER
> > THE FLIGHT OF THE STIFF
> > LIE A LITTLE, DIE A LITTLE
> > He was born in 1928.
> > Hope this helps.
Well, searching my newly purchased Hubin, I found that these
are marked as by the same Brett. O, the confusion of
paperbacks!
As for Hubin, this was a real bargain. I was looking Hubin up
in the reference section of Turku city library and didn't
find it. I asked the clerk where it is. She said that they
need more room and dispose some books. I asked if Hubin was
one of these. "Yes", she said, but asked me if I thought they
should have it. I told that in the university library there
is more recent edition and its appendix. She decided that
they wouldn't need Hubin. I asked whether I could buy the
book. "I have to ask downstairs, should they need in in the
lending department", said she and took down my name and
phonenumber. After three weeks she phoned that I could pick
up the book at the library. I went there and asked the book
with my name on it. There was another clerk behind the desk,
who just glanced at the book and said: "Five marks." Well, in
case you don't know five marks is close to 75 cents. I had to
take a deep breath, but I managed to get some coins from my
pocket and got the book.
This was the first edition on Hubin, years 1745-1979, and I
know there are many errors. But still, five marks!
Juri
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