Oh, I do wish I'd registered this when I got it -- it wasn't something I used to do, if a book was destined for my PC, as this was, but registering tells me where I got it and when.

To the best of my memory, I picked it up somewhere in the US, either at a library sale while visiting my sister, or perhaps used in Santa Barbara the year daddy died.

But at anyrate, this evening I was reading an article about writing, and one thing it said -- as many of these articles do -- was the importance of reading good writing.

Being at the moment not particularly enthralled with anything I'm in the middle of reading, this book suddenly -- and completely unexpectedly -- popped into my head. I went and found it, and I'm currently on page 11, reading and savouring it slowly. Man, this guy sure does know how to turn a sentence. I've got a lot to learn.