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>Personally, I prefer Len Deighton. If you haven't read the trilogy trilogy ( Berlin Game, Mexico Set, London Match, Spy Hook, Spy Line, Spy Sinker, Faith, Hope, Charity ) I think that represents some of the most compelling work in the genre.>
>So many books! So little time! I haven't read Len Deighton in at least 20 years ... time for a re-visit methinks. <g>
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>BTW, thanks for starting this particular set of posts in this thread. I'm always looking for new (to me) authors, and you and Alan have always recommended some good ones.
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>~~Bonnie
Veering away from books to another passion : I just finished watching the DVD of Every Little Step - the documentary of the casting for the remake of Chorus Line on Broadway.
My nephew dances with the San Jose Ballet ( spent his 23rd birthday dancing two leads in Carmina Burana on opening night in Shanghai ) and I've watched his progress since he was a kid. It is like watching people become Olympians. Magical. He smiles at the line in "What I did for love" - "the gift was ours to borrow."
I am a complete sucker for that musical anyway, saw three different casts in the original run. I'm also a process junkie ( Top Chef, Project Runway whatever ) especially in areas where I have little knowledge and no expertise, so this kind of stuff is catnip for me. Highly recommended.
Charles Hankey
Though a good deal is too strange to be believed, nothing is too strange to have happened.
- Thomas Hardy
Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm-- but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the endless struggle to think well of themselves.
-- T. S. Eliot
Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for lunch.
Liberty is a well-armed sheep contesting the vote.
- Ben Franklin
Pardon him, Theodotus. He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.
