If you are referring to hem's "moveable feast"as"the Paris book" then I have to agree with these preferences...I like Hem's short stories best and return to a few of them in my classes, but doubt any of his novels will find my re-reading eyes...will On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, Scottie Bowman wrote: > > `...The short stories, the Paris book, the first two novels, > parts of the Africa and Death books...' > > How rare & what a pleasure it is to find oneself in complete > agreement over a choice of books. There are bits of the others > - For Whom the Bell Tolls, even Across the River... - which I would > add on purely sentimental grounds (where I was, WHO I was when > I read them & so on.) But when in due course Tim joins me in the old > folk's home there will be no discord as we pass our favourites from > one wheelchair to the other. > > Scottie B. >