For a glimpse into the soon-to-be-publishedNovel #30, let's tune in to a series of recentdispatches:"I think part of the problem is I'm readingthis crazed book before going to sleep.The World Beneath the Sea, 1953, byOtis Barton. He's a complete maniac,a 1930's era naturalist who uses dynamiteto blow up fish, blasts shrikes in caveswith a shotgun, tries to get a sawfish anda mako shark to fight on camera, ripsthe beak off a giant squid, etc. etc.He's...
