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- From: jyc@leo.Stanford.EDU (Jon Corelis)
- Subject: Re: Sjowall & Wahloo and other series
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- References: <jyc.725825365@Leland> <1993Jan1.002143.13598@eff.org>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 18:25:38 GMT
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- mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:
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- >This C.K. Chesterton fan wonders whether "K.C. Constantine" is a nom de
- >plume. Is it?
-
- Yes, as I believe another poster has already pointed out, this is a
- pseudonym. Some information on the author (though not his real name)
- can be found in the afterword by Robin Winks to Constantine's The
- Rocksburg Railroad Murders and The Blank Page: Two Mario Balzic
- Mysteries (Boston, David Godine, 1982.)
-
- David Godine, incidentally, is an exemplary publisher, whose books
- are always beautifully produced and resonably priced. I believe he was
- the first to publish Constantine. He also has reissued a number of
- neglected classics: I have his reissue of Richard Olney's fascinating
- French Menu Cookbook, and a very handsomely illustrated version of
- Whitman's Specimen Days -- this latter being one of the great classics
- of American literature which has been somewhat neglected probably only
- because it's overshadowed by Whitman's poetry.
-
- I haven't noticed any offerings from Godine in books stores in recent
- years. Does anyone know if he's still around?
-