Thanks, Ilmari. My memoirs of trout fishing and the things it has done for me don’t stop with just these. More are on the way.

I downloaded Voyage in English and German.
Read the first pages and must say:
German translation by Hinrich Schmidt-Henkel seems much better.

Thirteen: Inmate trout was probably the most heartfelt. It really happened that an older couple came into a shop where I was working. I still think of them now almost 30 years later. I haven’t read Celine but now have him on my list. Too bad I don’t speak French, as I read that much of the context and humor gets lost in translation. I will look into German translations. They might be better. Thanks for the compliment. My book of poems is due out March 25. If you like my Trout Stories, take a look at Richard Brautigan’s Trout Fishing in America. (https://www.amazon.de/Trout-Fishing-America-Richard-Brautigan/dp/0547255276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488155555&sr=8-1&keywords=trout+fishing+in+america)

Greatest novel? Hm hm
Did you read Céline?
Voyage au bout de la nuit
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Mort à credit
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D’un chateau l’autre
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