Talk about coincidences....Today I posted a message regarding James Ellroy and how much I like his writing and this evening I find in the mail the latest copy of the "William and Mary News" talking about a reading he will be giving at the College on Thursday, January 23 at 8 p.m. (William and Mary is mid-way between Richmond and Norfolk, Va. in the southeastern part of the state). He has a new book out about the murder of his mother when he was 10. Not only will Ellroy be there, but so will Robert Polito whose biography of Jim Thompson, "Savage Art," received critical aclaim this year. You can go to the W&M News web site and read more about it when they post the articles there. They still have last issue mounted. The URL is www.wm.edu/wmnews/wm_news.html Since there are at least two ODU folks on the list, maybe we'll run into other hardboiled fans. +++++++++++++ Patrick Golden Program Services Manager Williamsburg Regional Library pgolden@leo.vsla.edu +++++++++++++ - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca