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May 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

OK, people...so those were easy questions. And because we've had 10 correct answers so far (one double answer, and one person answered both questions), on to the next question. Please, if you've already snagged a copy, allow me to pass you over and give a copy to another deserving fan...

...because each person who answers is going to be entered into a little drawing from a hat to win an invitation to the Saturday, May 31, party for Connelly at BEA!

Here's Question the Third:

What tattoo did Bosch get in Vietnam?

No choices or clues, this time...

May 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (5)

Which Edward Hopper Painting does Harry Bosch own a print of: Nighthawks, Chop Suey, or New York Movie?

First five to leave correct answer in comments will win a copy of the Zagat Michael Connelly's LA guide...and a chance at something else, as well. Stay tuned!

May 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (6)

I'll start with a softball question: What is Harry Bosch's favorite kind of music?

I'll even give you multiple choices: Rock, jazz, or classical.

First five commenters with correct answer will snag a pre-BEA copy of Zagat Michael Connelly's Los Angeles: Restaurants, Nightlife & Attractions 2008. 

Let the game begin!

May 9, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

If anyone can make Los Angeles seem angelic in the midst of demonic human hijinks, it would be Michael Connelly. I don't read tons of detective novels or thrillers, but I always read Connelly's -- not only does he write well, he changes things up with each book, even within the same series. 

This year Connelly's publisher, Hachette, has teamed up with the Zagat guidebook folks to create "Michael Connelly's Los Angeles 2008: Restaurants, Nightlife & Attractions," a special Book Expo America pub that's backed by a promo for Connelly's new novel, The Brass Verdict, and...Read More

May 7, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (4)

I was completely confused last week by Barbara Walters' "confession" about her decades-old (and cold) affair with then-Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, a married man. Why was this tiny piece of information newsworthy? Because Brooke is African-American? Because he was the great love of the famed newswoman's life? If the former, it seems a bit stale; if the latter, a bit flat -- after all, she hasn't been gushing to Oprah about the one that got away or telling Cindy Adams that she's never been the same since her time with Brooke. 

Rather, she's spun the inclu...Read More