: 124. Friday September 3, 1999 - North’ Shore News -

‘Discards old identity

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puter company. fer the summer. 3 . es
“. He’settles.in quickly, and prides himself on his skill with.

‘the Japanese language.and-on the ease with which he adapts’

to his. new lifes.” :

‘Alec’s motivation, though, invalves not just finding anew ~

«self, but discarding. his former incarnation — that of a mid-
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“dle-class youth unable to cope with’the repercussions of his
parents’ divorce. al :

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~In-Japan he latches on to anew family, a beautifid older’ _

“woman, ‘and traditions foreign, to his own upbringing —

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i i woman who is being stalked. Then it’s.:
"Hawk, Spenser's best friend who has a:
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. been: denied tenure:at the university“:
under a cloud ‘of scaridal.” Into these”

“more than anything...

‘aman; but a frightened, confused boy in need of mothering.
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metaphor; Bicycle Days is-all abour the relationship beeween

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Putnam Publishing, 309 pages,» ”..
$32.99,

“The irrepressible Boston detective is”

back again. In Hash Money Spenser
finds bimself-with two cases at once,”

both as favors and neither. once paying. ~

“First, long time girliriend, Susan”
Silverman asks Spenser. to help a.

The son ofa old friend ‘has

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make. sense of the ewo cases..Of course,

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