----- Original Message ----- From: "T.Kent Morgan" <
tkmorgan@shaw.ca>
>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.
Hi Kent http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Onefineday.htm
should have what you're after.
>P.S. I still haven't read the book, but this is the
first
> time I ever heard him compared to
Hiaasen.
Several sources have made the comparison, and if you read him
you'll see that for once it's pretty much justified.
Brookmyre himself stated at a reading that Hiaasen is one of
his favourite authors and he never misses one of his
books.
Al Guthrie
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