Re: RARA-AVIS: An accountant detective

pabergin (pabergin@gte.net)
Fri, 22 Oct 1999 23:41:45 -0400

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Wait a minute! What the fuck difference does it make what Jim Messenger does for a living?

Messenger is not a detective. Not a crime-solver. He is a man with an empty part right in the center of where he's supposed to be. Following Ms. Lonesome leads him to another place.

Don't matter if he's an accountant.

Or a fireman.

Or a beggar, or a thief.

The novel is too fine, and Messenger too sturdy to be confined by small, classifying minds.

Accountant detective, indeed! PB

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