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Karate Kid is 51? Whoah.

^ The first two in particular would definitely make for excellent drinking buddies. Which of Hesse's work are you most partial to?

Yes, I've read the autobiography. He was not an easy man, some might even say he was an extremist.

Fiction is easy, you can remember it piecemeal with a reliance on impression and emotion. The same way we can recall a funny story someone once told or that sexy commuter we made eyes at on the train long ago. All the details are pertinent. Non-Fiction, I find harder. My memory usually...

His humour in this one is comparatively tame. In previous works he veers even more to Rabelaism. In my experience of him, plot points are always secondary. The 'sludge' in between is the gold. I suppose, to use an oft-repeated cliché, one man's trash is another's treasure. Connections can't be...

Pynchon, Borges, Miller.

^Peder, I have read it. Though I didn't think it matches up to his previous work, it was far from the painful experience you appear to be having. Is it just a disconnect with the humour or is something else making it a slog?

It's been a while since I read it. The enduring memory is of just how often Inspector Chen takes a break to eat. He's always eating! It's a wonder the case gets solved.

^ Are you reading it, Peder?

He looks as if he saw something he did not want to see. Did you flash him?

Really. No jokes, I'm perfectly serial.

I hear Steve Buscemi is being cast as Mr Grey.

^ It died with Clark Gable.

^ The OP's confusion comes from things like this: Copied from:The Religious Opinions of Sherlock Holmes. « A Case of Witchcraft

His views on the matter were inconsistent, to reflect whatever Conan 'I like fairies' Doyle happened to believe at the time of writing.

Sneezy, all this time I thought you were female. :|

^ No awards, but hey, at least its manly.

^Religious voices?

Wanting to get an idea of the artwork, I googled. Who knew pirates were so...built....and smooth...

I liked Pick-Up - not read any of the Hoke Moseley books.