Puester wrote:
> Jack Schmidling wrote:
>>
>> The book series "No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency" (Botswana)make
>> frequent references to pumpkins as some sort of "food of the gods".
>> Little kids go bonkers when they learn there is pumpkin for dinner.
>>
>> What on earth sort of "pumpkin" could they be talking about?
>>
>> I have made reasonable efforts to eat pumpkin but other than pie and
>> soup, it leaves me cold compared to sever squashes which I really
>> love. I find what we call pumpkin barely palatable.
>>
>> On the other hand, the books are probably the best I have run into
>> since Dickens. I have only heard them on tape and the narrator
>> really is half of what makes them wonderful.
>>
>> js
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>>
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> Aren't they fun? I have read them all and at first found it hard to
> believe the author was male. He captured the emotions of the female
> characters so perfectly.
>
Have you read his books about Prof von Iggelfeld? Absolutely delightful!

Christine