[OneWingedShark]

> Let me know when you finish it. I think you'll enjoy it.

That may be a while, I just stocked up on books! :)

[Eastbound]

LOL! Free Republic ought to have a book exchange . Think of the money we could save. I won't be able to buy anymore for a looooong time and there is at least a couple of dozen out there I'd like to read. I don't care about owning them, just reading them.

Take a break from your reading and read Shibumi. :>

[Jack Hammer]

"Shibumi" is a fun read, and you might also want to check out "The Loo Sanction" and "The Eiger Sanction," the latter of which was made into a film directed by Clint Eastwood, who also starred.

Not to nit-pick, but if you're going to the bookstore to pick up a copy of any of them, it might be helpful in locating the correct shelf to know that the author's pseudonym is Trevanian, with an "e."

His real name was Dr. Rodney Whitaker, who was a professor of film at the University of Texas Austin, Bucknell, Penn State, and Emerson College in Boston. He also wrote "The Summer of Katya," "The Main," and "The Crazyladies of Pearl Street," among other titles.

Whitaker served in the navy during the Korean War era, and, once his literary reputation was established, lived a very reclusive and private life in the Basque country of France for many years.

Trevanian/Whitaker passed away last December.