Re: Reality check

["John Stricker" <jstricke@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hofs,

Well, my guess is that you're talking about "A bell for Adano", that he won
the Pulitzer for, although I never read it.  I did read "The Wall", by
Hersey, many years ago, although it wasn't that old a book then, seems like
it was written in the early '50's or so.

Do I still get points for at least knowing who he is?

John Stricker

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> Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2039 12:00:32 -0800
> From: John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>
> Subject: Reality check
>
> Well, I haven't checked my e-mail for a day now, but when I last did, no
one
> had called me on my novel-author piece of entrapment.
>
> Now, guys, I wasn't checking on the literacy level of the digesters, it's
> obvious that most of you can read. <g>  I was checking to see if anyone
> reads my overly long off-topic posts.
>
> Now, our Ryan is too young to know about Ernest Hemingway, but a bunch of
> you not-so-youngs know that he wrote, "For Whom the Bell Tolls" and your
> lack of telling me about it can only mean that I have finally lost my
> audience.
>
> OK, so what novel did first make John Hersey famous?
>
> The first person with the correct answer gets a free entrance pass to the
> Nationals.
>
> That reminds me that I need to get my reservation in for the factory tour.
>
> Anybody have a Travelall glove box lock with a working key? I'm going to
> need one.
>
> John Hofstetter