Al and Ali,
I think my author was repeating the Algren rules. I read the Wikipedia
summary and there a ton of things happening in the Algren book that I
have absolutely no recollection of. That's no guarantee that I haven't
read it anyway, but I would've thought something would ring a bell. Now
I must add Walk on the Wild Side to my neverending list.
On 03/09/2010 1:42 PM, Allan Guthrie wrote:
> Nelson Algren's A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Karin Montin"<kmontin@videotron.ca>
>
>> Years ago I read a novel that had the protagonist chasing the bad guys
>> (or somebody) from one small town to another in the southern U.S. A lot
>> of the towns had hot springs and were former spas, so there were big,
>> rundown old hotels. It was the first time I ever heard "Never eat at a
>> place named Ma's" and "Never play poker with a man named Doc."
>>
>> Anyone know what book that might have been?
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