>>> Clete Purcel is my favorite character. (Robicheaux himself is often a PITA, as I'm sure he is meant to be)
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>>But remember - to JL Burke Dave and Clete are the same guy <bg>
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>I'm not sure I follow. To me they seem like completely different people. They both have demons but even those are quite different ones. Can you elaborate?
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I just always had the feeling that Burke identified with both and lived through each - working out different parts of himself down two different paths. i might just be projecting because I'm doing something like that in something I'm working on.
>>They have cable, including HBO, but the television itself is an old 19 inch and the reception is the worst I have ever seen on cable. I didn't even know a cable picture this bad was possible.
You misunderstood. "cable" down there means there is a cable from your room that connects to the rabbit ears on the roof <bg>
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