In a message dated 6/27/2001 1:09:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, DMillison at ftmg.net writes: << I wouldn't put him in the same league with Celine, Beckett, and Kafka, except in the most tenuous of connections, but others do. >> So what? Anyone who thinks Ellroy is in the above company isn't worth reading and certainly not worth having their words reposted to the list.