[Psalm 73]

Most artists seem to have some dire mental condition - pomposity and depression are a particularly deadly mix.

But he is certainly one of the better American authors - certainly up there with Steinbeck and Hawthorne.

[scrabblehack]

One of the James Bond reference books suggested he had cancer, and that’s why he killed himself.

Pedro Armendariz Sr. played in “From Russia With Love” and did the same.

[Reynoldo]

He had stated that Huckleberry Finn was the first and still the best work of AMERICAN literature.