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>>>>>That reminds me (speaking of gadflies). Ever read a book called "The Gadfly" by E.L. Voynich? Hard to say if you'd like it. It's a very political novel written in the late 1800s. Considered one of the first truly political novels. It has a very socialist bent; a book about revolution, but regardless of one's own political beliefs, it's hard to deny the beauty of the story and the characters. A remarkable book even if it does go well beyond my own belief system.
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>>>>>HEY CHARLES, have you read it? Sorry for shouting, but he might not be reading this.
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>>>>I wasn't but I heard you shouting <s>
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>>>>Don't know it. Putting it on list.
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>>>You can download it from the Gutenberg Project. It's no longer under copyright.
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>>>>Made me think of movie of Conrad's Secret Agent with Bob Hoskins where Robin Williams does a master turn (in an uncredited part) as The Professor, an anarchist who is a human bomb ready to blow himself up if he is arrested. Marvelous.
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>>>Gee, speaking of Bob Hoskins, I remember being literally dragged kicking and screaming a couple of hundred years ago to a movie that two female friends of mine wanted to see. I really didn't want to go. I really, really didn't want to go. It was called "Mona Lisa". It turned out to be a stunningly terrific movie.
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>>Very very good movie. About that period he did another great one with Helen Mirren - The Long Good Friday.
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>You should take a look at Spiral
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral_%28TV_series%29 french name was Engrenages a very good French tv Cop series.

Unfortunately not available here yet on Netflix and only seems to be available for purchase from overseas as PAL. Have been looking for it for a while. Maybe BBC America will have it eventually.