rara-avis@icomm.ca wrote:
> according to many sources in 'rompol' a French
discussion group I
> belong to on 'roman policier' and other 'noir'
stories...one of the
> characters in the upcoming Ellroy book is called
Mespl褥 and is
> the french conspirateur/assassin in President
Kennedy's murder in
> Dallas...Mespl褥 has been 'drawn' after Claude Mespl褥
a very
> well known critic and writer and editor in that
genre in France
> and...an occasional participant to the
discussions
> in 'rompol'...this news was circulated on 'rompol'
about five
> days ago and is not surprising since Ellroy and
Mespl褥 must know
> each other....
Ellroy has Tuckerized other writers like this in the past, of
course.
Apropos of Mespl褥, he is coming out later this year with an
encyclopedia of French detective and crime fiction. I've
already read some of the articles, and it promises to be
quite something indeed, with information not previously
available in English.
jess
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