Catholic Bibliophagist reviewed one of William L. Biersach's books featuring a Catholic priest solving murders. It sounded something out of the ordinary and our library didn't have anything by that author. Eventually I found a second-hand copy of the first in the series online (they aren't cheap and I was shopping around to try to find the lowest price) and ordered it.
It took some time for the book, The Endless Knot, to arrive. Every so often I'd remember it and then wonder if I didn't actually order it but just thought about ordering it. Ah well.
Yesterday, however, it showed up at my door. To my surprise (yes, this is where you came in, dear readers), I opened the book and saw, handwritten on the title page:
To John ZmirakJohn Zmirak?
It was a dark and stormy night ...
... even if it WAS Christmas!
Endlessly knotty,
William L. Biersach
Christmas 2001
I knew that name!
He co-wrote the very entertaining "Bad Catholic's Guide to Good Living" and it's sequel, as well as various other articles that I'd read around the blogosphere.
How likely was it that such a very Catholic book would have been inscribed to another John Zmirak? How likely is it that there even is another John Zmirak ... that's a pretty unusual name.
Anyway. I found it a delightful surprise and a "virtual reality" sort of link to an author I enjoy.
Nice!
(Though only on page 26, I'm enjoying the book immensely so far ... despite having noticed the odd device mentioned by Catholic Bibliophagist in the review, it doesn't bother me.)
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