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Monday, January 14, 2013

What's in the basement?



Inspector Louis Kehlweiler doesn't know what's in the basement. If you want to know, just be the first to send me your address ... but you'll have to find out in French or Spanish. A friend of my father gave me this fine mystery novel in both languages; it hasn't been translated into English yet. I translated this scene from the Spanish.

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15 comments:

  1. Miguel ChávezJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Deja-vu... sounds like they're talking about our typewriter collections.

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  2. TedJanuary 14, 2013 at 11:38 PM

    apt! eerie! Wish I could read either language. :D

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2013 at 11:42 PM

    I'm not quite clear how this is supposed to work. Are you saying that the first person to send you their address will be told what's in the basement, and the rest of us will have to suffer in suspense? Is that what you're saying? .... That's a cruel form of torture ... Will we ever be let in on the secret?

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    1. teeritzJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:57 AM

      Sure, once you learn French or Spanish.

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    2. Richard PJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:43 AM

      The first two people to request the books (in French and Spanish) will be able to read them and find the answer. The rest of you can speculate but I won't let the cat out of the bag.

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  4. Bill MJanuary 15, 2013 at 6:02 AM

    Ah, Typewriters.

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  5. Ton S. January 15, 2013 at 9:20 AM

    Obviously, typewriters. Wish I had commented earlier, I might be able to swing the Spanish version.

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  6. Richard PJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:54 AM

    The Spanish version has been claimed (Ton gets it).

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    My first guess was that it has to be typewriters, but it reads like a criminal minds-show! Or even worse, dolls! But I'm not buying either of the books, so I will probably never know...

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  8. Rob BowkerJanuary 15, 2013 at 1:14 PM

    OK, I'm hooked. I'm guessing some sort of road-kill that "he" taxidermies... Address on way!

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    1. Richard PJanuary 15, 2013 at 1:22 PM

      And Rob gets the French copy. Thanks for playing, folks!

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  9. rnJanuary 15, 2013 at 3:06 PM

    For those interested in the somewhat 'hidden in the basement' identity of the author of 'a little to far to the right': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Vargas
    Rob N.

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  10. L CaseyJanuary 15, 2013 at 5:58 PM

    So...I thought this was a conversation your wife was having with someone else...

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  11. Ping AJanuary 15, 2013 at 8:32 PM

    Now you've got me curious about this writer, Fred Vargas (who it turns out is a female French archaeologist). Pity her books are not available on Kindle. Good translation, Richard.

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  12. notagainJanuary 16, 2013 at 11:41 PM

    I love these interactive things you do. I need to start playing with that.

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