i'm glad you're enjoying it oliver you nutcase. he'll never be one of my favourites
(this, from the nyt obit. is part of the reason why
He admired and befriended the Chicago machers - the deal-makers and real-estate men - and he dressed like one of them, in bespoke suits, Turnbull & Asser shirts and a Borsalino hat.
he was once quoted as asking, "Who is the Tolstoy of the Zulus? The Proust of the Papuans?" )
but i've enjoyed what i've read. they're quite fun. can't be upset about him dying really cos he was extremely old.