paulmallon 
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Jabb (and others if interested):
I just recently learned that the titled author of the Jack Reacher novels, "Lee Child" is actually one Jim Grant, born in Coventry, England (1954). This unbeliveably gifted author now resides in New York City.
Reply #682. Oct 14 12, 10:35 AM
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jabb5076
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Yep, I read that. And it's interesting how he modeled the character's physical appearance after himself.
Reply #683. Oct 14 12, 10:49 AM
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paulmallon
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I noticed that. He look a lot like me too (NOT :-)
In the book I'm reading, "A Wanted Man", Reacher casually comments about who his favorite American president was (it has nothing to do with the plot, just a throwaway line, so I'm not giving anything away).
I don't reall his ever mentioning it before, but perhaps he did. Do you know who it is? Would you like to take a guess or should I just "stop yapping" and let you read it yourself...if you haven't already?
Reply #684. Oct 14 12, 11:12 AM
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jabb5076
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I haven't read it yet, so I'll take a wild guess (or two) and say Thomas Jefferson or U.S. Grant.
And I'll be back momentarily with a book.
Reply #685. Oct 14 12, 11:54 AM
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paulmallon
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I'll await your poser...do you want me to reveal JR's fav prez?
Reply #686. Oct 14 12, 12:03 PM
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jabb5076
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All right everyone, new book. A work of fiction.
And sure, Paul, who is his favorite President?
Reply #687. Oct 14 12, 1:24 PM
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paulmallon
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Harry Truman. I'm guessing because of Fat Man and Little Boy. I have 12 pages to go in "A Wanted Man"...then off to work.
Is your author still living?
Reply #688. Oct 14 12, 1:44 PM
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jabb5076
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Ha....I was toying with guessing either Eisenhower or Truman.
No, my author has not been with us for some years.
Reply #689. Oct 14 12, 1:55 PM
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paulmallon
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my condolences... was he/she non-American?
Reply #690. Oct 14 12, 2:18 PM
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jabb5076
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No, an American.
Reply #691. Oct 14 12, 2:28 PM
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Jakeroo
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Did your author die before 1970?
Are you "On The Road"?
Reply #692. Oct 14 12, 3:10 PM
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jabb5076
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Not Jack Kerouac, and died in the 20th century but much earlier than him.
Reply #693. Oct 14 12, 4:34 PM
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paulmallon
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How about old Mark Twain?
Is your author male?
Reply #694. Oct 14 12, 6:07 PM
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jabb5076
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My author is Mark Twain.
Reply #695. Oct 14 12, 7:02 PM
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| adams627
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Ok, so..."The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?
Reply #696. Oct 14 12, 7:38 PM
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Jakeroo
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court?
Reply #697. Oct 14 12, 9:00 PM
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jabb5076
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It is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. To paraphrase Ernest Hemingway, Huck Finn was the book with which all modern American literature began.
Reply #698. Oct 15 12, 5:46 AM
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jabb5076
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Adams, you're up.
Reply #699. Oct 15 12, 5:46 AM
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| adams627
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My personal favorite Twain--though, as I believe another author (possibly Hemingway) once wrote, the book would have been a whole lot better if it had ended before the whole incident at the Phelps' farm.
Ok, this new work is probably classified as a novella, not a novel.
Reply #700. Oct 15 12, 6:24 AM
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