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Cosimo de' Medici Doc Cheatham Jackie Swindells

Blind Lemon Jefferson Harry Lime William of Orange

Gene Harris George Lewis Nikki Iles

New Delhi air pollution

Wow!

Gloria Swanson The Ugly Duckling

Mr Jelly Dave Gelly Red Kelly

From Newbie to Fifty Thousand Man ...

Long time since I read it, but I recall it as one of the best of the Greenes I just started, but there's from the get-go that understated scene and character-setting mastery that really impressed me in The End of the Affair (the only other Greene novel I read). Yes, I like End of the Affair too. I've read almost all of his stuff, but the other ones I go back to are Gun for Sale, Confidential Agent and Ministry of Fear and from a later period, The Quiet American.

Dr Shipman Dr Crippen

I And, of course, 3 down must be Tate. That was the easy bit!

Google to the rescue, though Satchmo is only 7 letters.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/18/french-warn-britain-brexit-could-be-your-waterloo

John Glenn Eddie Locke Ben Nevis

Pleased to have a genre - and an adjective!

Gonzo Shitcock Wood Yee

Long time since I read it, but I recall it as one of the best of the Greenes

Yes, a good read.

David Trimble Thumbelina Joe Fingers Carr

Thanks for getting me on to this author, Leeway. Have just read Hackenfeller's Ape, which I would describe as a moral fable, rather than a novel, akin perhaps to Orwell's Animal Farm - and I don't say that merely because of similarities in the subject matter. Beautifully written - there's a quality to mid-20th century English literary prose which we have now sadly quite lost. Also on my "to read" shelf is Brophy's The Finishing Touch, but first I'm going back to jazz autobiography with this:

Sting Anthony Charles Dumper, Bishop of Dudley

Privates on Parade Zippy The Fly