So will you be sending Hurlingham a hamper full of tinned meat from Denmark?

It's hard to be an adult.

That's a quality reply.

When I tried to fake illness as a child by running the thermometer under hot water, it broke and sent the mercury swirling around the basin. I tried to stop it with my bare fingers but it flew down the drain in a blink.

It’s been a long time since I read AOR. Stegner’s Shooting Star is dated in an interesting way. The audiobook narrator for Dance is really good. I can still hear him say Widmerpool (sp?).

I assume you listen to audiobooks? I went through all of Dance to the Music of Time while puzzling. Auster, Stegner, Murdoch, all good for puzzling.

That looks like a fun one to do.

I was lucky to be in the RAH the night We Shall See Him As He Is was performed at the Proms in 1992. Rosario’s contribution was electric.

Kirby is cute as a button.

My second guess then is Edward Gardner.

And I don't want to detract from anyone who might want to see it. I just think it is a perfect book and that is hard to translate into another format.