I've often thought that Robert Parker's Spenser (AnnyMiddon) is anything but hb - too precious, like Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey: they're the embodiment of everything the author/reader would like to be. IMHO neither of them could handle Hoke Moseley's dentures. Ed Thompson - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca