At 12:23 PM 5/19/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Al Guthrie wrote:
>
> >Anyone who likes Hiaasen may want to check out
Christopher Brookmyre,
> >particularly with British HB month approaching.
Brookmyre's often
>described
> >as a Scottish Carl Hiaasen. As far as I'm aware,
he isn't published in
> >North America, but all his books are easily
available this side of the
> >Atlantic.
>
>I don't know how available Brookmyre is in the U.S.,
but his first four or
>five trade paperbacks have recently been remaindered
in Canada at a price in
>the $5-6 range. He toured Canada a couple of years
ago. Now can Al or any
>other Rare-Avian provide me with the correct words
and the source for the
>verse that has as its first line "One Fine Day in the
Middle of the Night"
>which Brookmyre used as a title? The second line is
"Two dead men got up to
>fight" which could lead to something hardboiled. I
have been trying to find
>out ever since Brookmyre was here, but I couldn't
attend to ask him. Ever
>since then those lines keep coming back to me and
people have provided
>several additional lines that differ slightly plus
suggested a number of
>different sources. P.S. I still haven't read the
book, but this is the first
>time I ever heard him compared to Hiaasen.
Kent:
I'll look for these titles next weekend while I'm in
Vancouver. Great book stores up there.
thanks!
Brian
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