EY: There's also Saul Bellow's _Humboldt's Gift_, which is loosely based on Schwartz, and may shed more light on the guy. JE: Thank you. I read it a long long time ago, it's perhaps time I looked at Bellow (well, at some of his work) again. EY: Read it a long time ago too. College summer vacation. Later read the Bellow interview in Paris Review where he states that his books are only interesting to college students. However, recently read he was one of Martin Amis' "mentors." (Also I haven't received any E-mail today and this is just a test of the Emergency Lit-Ideas System. If this were an actual emergency, I would not be able to send this post to the list.) ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html