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Fat Abe · 07-23-2013, 06:44 AM

From another blog on :

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/...m-8710726.html

Of course, the benefit of hindsight is bringing out all kinds of claims of inside knowledge or prescience; Knight said last night that there were “clues everywhere” in the writing to the fact that Galbraith was a woman and that the book was not all it seemed. And what of the name “Robert Galbraith”? The words, if taken back to their Germanic and Gaelic origins, loosely translate as “famous stranger.”

Galbraith may no longer be a stranger but he’s certainly famous. And, along with Rowling, he will be laughing all the way to the bank with the proceeds of his literary heist.

It would have been more interesting if Rowling kept her identity secret until a literary analysis were performed, as was the case with Joe Klein and his book, Primary Colors. But, this is the summer reading season, and she (Rowling) was probably getting impatient with the slow sales. For those who have read the mystery novel, are there Rowling-isms within her book that would have helped you to identify the real author?

07-23-2013, 06:44 AM	#151
Fat Abe Man Who Stares at Books Posts: 1,826 Karma: 10606722 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: 50th State, USA. Also, PA, NY, CA, and elsewhere. Device: All of the Above	From another blog on : http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/...m-8710726.html Of course, the benefit of hindsight is bringing out all kinds of claims of inside knowledge or prescience; Knight said last night that there were “clues everywhere” in the writing to the fact that Galbraith was a woman and that the book was not all it seemed. And what of the name “Robert Galbraith”? The words, if taken back to their Germanic and Gaelic origins, loosely translate as “famous stranger.” Galbraith may no longer be a stranger but he’s certainly famous. And, along with Rowling, he will be laughing all the way to the bank with the proceeds of his literary heist. It would have been more interesting if Rowling kept her identity secret until a literary analysis were performed, as was the case with Joe Klein and his book, Primary Colors. But, this is the summer reading season, and she (Rowling) was probably getting impatient with the slow sales. For those who have read the mystery novel, are there Rowling-isms within her book that would have helped you to identify the real author?