From: "Kevin J. Maroney" <kmaroney@crossover.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Re: Digest urth.v028.n191
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:58:16 

At 01:45 PM 4/26/00 EDT, Patrick wrote:
>FYI: Frank Kermode is refering to the ending of Julian Barnes Magnificent
and >hilarious novel STARING AT THE SUN. I doubt it is a reference to
Severian.
>The context doesn't suggest that. Though I have no idea who the caddie is 
>meant to be literature-wise.

Google turns up one significant "Severiano"--Severiano Ballesteros is a
professional golfer, "the most successful player in the history of Spanish
golf", according to one site. 

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Wombat, a.k.a. Kevin Maroney kmaroney@crossover.com
Kitchen Staff Supervisor, New York Review of Science Fiction
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