http://calitreview.com/305 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:39:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://calitreview.com/305/comment-page-1#comment-9593 Jascha Kessler Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:12:09 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2008/01/21/lots-in-a-name/#comment-9593 I always thought Mons. Poirot was a homonymic pun for a certain vegetable, le poireau, or leek, a very French food, to be found in most gardens back of houses. Pretty limp when cooked, a Hercule unmanned, as it were. Still there are always some resting in my fridge's bin. I always thought Mons. Poirot was a homonymic pun for a certain vegetable, le poireau, or leek, a very French food, to be found in most gardens back of houses. Pretty limp when cooked, a Hercule unmanned, as it were. Still there are always some resting in my fridge’s bin.

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