Re: RARA-AVIS: The Maltese Falcon

James Rogers (jetan@ionet.net)
Sat, 29 Nov 1997 06:21:15 -0600 (CST) At 11:03 PM 11/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Well, I have a few simple thoughts and questions on the first half of
>this:
>
>- The dedication. Who's Jose?
>

Jose Hammett, Dashiell's wife.
>
>- What's the "Baumes rush"? Spade mentions this when talking to
>Wilmer. Is it some homosexual thing?
>
Should be "bum's rush", right? Don't know the origin of the expression,
but it refers to physically ejecting an unwanted person.

James

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