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[Rev. Rye]

Well, I haven't read it lately yet, but it is currently #2 in my reading queue: It's called Savage Grace and I recently ordered an old hardcover copy (it came this afternoon) because of a greataunt who died recently. I remember that, in the days before starting college, My parents and I decided to visit her, and I was reading Savage Grace. She took an interest in what I was reading, and asked if it was good. I said it was and I recommended it. Bear in mind, I had yet to reach the developmental milestone of tailoring my book recommendations to my audience's sensibilities. I told her it was a murder story (I forget the words, since it was almost nine years ago) and she said she might check it out. Then I mentioned some of the details around the murder, like that the killer murdered his mother after she allegedly had sex with him in an attempt to curb his homosexuality (I understand that part in bold may not have happened, but, really, bursting that bubble is like saying the Folsom Prison inmates cheering on Johnny Cash after he sang about shooting a man in Reno just to watch him die were simply added in post-production). My mother called her back as soon as she could to talk her out of checking it out, since, apparently, she was thinking it was some kind of murder mystery. Presumably that worked.

There's a Thurber essay in there somewhere.

Then a week ago, she died of old age, and I decided to order a hardcover version from Alibris.