>>But I stress "dramas". I've never been bothered to read them. I remember the old Perry Mason TV series, and later Raymond Burke series "Ironside". Maybe I'm wrong and would enjoy them. But, by the sounds of them from you, if I did get involved it would take up all my reading time from then on, if there are so many.
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>For the record, Raymond Burr.

I was struggling to remember. Haven't seen him for years. As soon as I hear twangy, funky, wow-wowed guitar, and people with afros I reach for the clicker! :-)


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>Have I got a book for you! Here is the first paragraph (it's called "The Sot-Weed Factor"):

Hmmm. The opening prose certainly seems to whet my linguistic appetite. Almost latter day "Jabberwockian". :-)
Thanks for the heads-up.

Obviously written by an American though: "...than her sense to labor over..."