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Wynton Kelly Mr Jelly Pete Jolly

Eric Buttock http://liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/when-lord-avebury-was-eric-buttock.html Oleg Butman Arsene Wenger

Freddie Green The Count Zero Mostel

Herbert Flapdoodle Boodle's Earl of Oundle

Benjamin Braddock Captain Haddock Hugh Paddick

The Teflon Don Tel Tal Farlow

The King of Swing Li'l Ol' Groovemaker Li'l Darlin'

Alvin Alcorn John Barleycorn Peetie Wheatstraw

Nice pic, Bev! No snow here, but COLD.

Quiet American is a masterpiece. BTW quick way of finding if you've read a Le Carré (or whatever) before is to put the name into Wikipedia - they usually give plot summaries. I find this very useful with films - so many seen and so many titles forgotten!

Gordon Liddy Lydia Languish Henry Wilt

This Is How I Feel About Jazz is such a fine album for so many reasons.

Betty Youngblood Gore Vidal Vidal Sassoon

Fat Girl Phat Kat Tubby the Tuba

Blade Runner Karen Sharp The Dumb Waiter

Wonderful book and excellent film made of it, too. Probaby Le Carré was at his best in these early books - but only just! The amazing thing is that he's retained his writing skills remarkably well into old age and a new book appears every few years. I've read just about all of them and haven't come across a dud; in fact some of the late ones are fascinating as JLC keeps up with current trends in politics and international relations.

Nothing today can equal 1960's hip IMHO:

Lord Randall Lord Razzall Bobby Dazzler

David Schwimmer The Strokes Dr Feelgood

Lionel Hampton Emily Wick Old Father Thames

Classic passage!

Peter Warlock Georges Bataille William Makepeace Thackeray

Otis Candy Finch Mark Nightingale Humphry Berkeley

S J Perelman Sebastian Dangerfield The Harmful Little Armful