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Off the top of my head - Stanley Elkin's The Living End and Inferno by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle

I've gone through a few of these "obsessive" phases where I try to track down the books of particular authors. Here are a few of the names: Charles Bukowski, Italo Calvino, John Hawkes, Robbe-Grillet, Jorge Luis Borges, Rex Stout, Haruki Murakami, David McCullough, John Hawkes, Harry Crews...

"Eyes of a Blue Dog" by Gabriel Garcia-Marquez is definitely one of my favorites.

Third Man Girl, I can tell you that here in the states, they are usually called blanket chests or dower chests. They are a staple of the Pennsylvania antique trade. I have never heard anything being called an "Ottoman" other than the little foot stool out in front of my easy chair. But, then...

Thanks. I'm not old enough to remember the golden age of radio, but I do know what a 45 rpm record looks like. I may pick up the Dunning book just to have all of them either way.

RaVen, Thanks for the recommendation. I knew about his other mystery, I just didn't know if it would be any good.

Raven, I have recently been reading lots of "biblio-mysteries" and have yet to read any that measure up to the Dunning books. I am very happy to see that he is finally releasing a third in the series. Also, a word to Bunny about Rex Stout and Nero Wolfe. I think you really should give them a...

Bunny, Here are c ouple of ideas: Some Buried Caeser by Rex Stout (though the entire Nero Wolfe canon is good) Booked to Die and The Bookman's Wake by John Dunning (very good biblio-mysteries) Technically, not drawing room dramas, but they're about books!

Wabbit, I am not trying to sell books here, but I think you'd make out better looking on one of the big used book sites. Alibris or something like that. They were published by Perennial in paperback here in the U.S. (who also published the Garcia-Marquez short story anthology I have).

Wabbit, I kind of know what you mean about Little, Big. I really liked the book, but it reminded me, at times, of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash (lot's of great ideas and images in search of a cohesive plot). I sometimes put together little anthologies for friends, and Marquez' "Eyes of a Blue...

Piedro, Oddly enough, I did just read that Gardner book not too long ago. It did have something to do with a dog either barking or not barking. But, I was kind of underwhelmed. I knew the TV version of Perry Mason first, and was disappointed that Gardner's creation didn't have more in common...

Wabbit, You have hit one of my pet peeves right on the head. I really dislike it when an author names any product by brand, or mentions specific songs by title. It always seemed a little snobby to me.

My main interests, genre-wise, seem to be mystery, some sci-fi and fantasy, non-fiction, some poetry, and literature. I have read four of the Mary Russell books (or is it 5?) and liked the first best, though all were good. For those of you who find Mary appealing, you might like the Fremont...

My best wishes to you, also, Ell. I would be curious to know why The Path Between the Seas was one of your gifts. I think McCullough is a wonderful writer, I just didn't suppose there was a lot of interest in the topic. If you enjoy it, I urge you to get his other books. I was particularly...

If I remember correctly, the other two books in the "trilogy" are Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive. However, I am not sure that they are a "tight" trilogy. I remember (though I read them years ago) them being sort of loosely associated.

Trames, I may have been the 10 book a week guy (I don't remember). At any rate, while I would agree with the motivations for the compulsive ownership of books, I hope that I am honest enough with myself to admit that there are deeper motivations. I don't really make a secret of the fact that...

Hannibal, I have to agree. I finished C of D but just didn't get it. I thought maybe my expectations were just too high because the book was rescued and pushed by Walker Percy.

For some reason, I seem to think that those little groups of pages are called signatures. I'm not sure, though, that that is right, or where I may have got the idea.

I have to side with Martin to an extent on Gandalf. Maybe it's just because the film version of the Balrog actually surpassed my imagination of same (and that's rare). Having said that, though, I am not madly in love with Tolkien. There is something about folks who are mad for the way spoken...

I don't know if you should be ashamed or not. I prob'ly should be though; I have a copy of Cruel Shoes amongst the many books I own.