
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
ON THIS 4th OF JULY LET'S GIVE A NOD TO A 17th CENTUREY ENGLISH NOVELIST...
Daniel Defoe, author of ROBINSON CRUSOE and the famous pioneer of the contemporary novel was many things in 17th century England, but a P.I. he was not. Still, I always thought he should have been, what with his perfect, alliterative "Sam Spade-ish" detective name... (and while lunch was certainly around in the 17th century, telephones were not)

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