--- David Duffy <David.Duffy at qimr.edu.au> wrote: > _Brokedown Palace_ is pretty indirect. It might be > the closest to say > _Short Sun_. Brust channels Dumas very well too -- > I was reading recently > that Dumas's dialogue is as it is merely because he > was paid by the word. Oh yeah. Brust is also very good at pastiche.