http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick This fascinating story in the Telegraph, by an author who's preparing a novel about the life of Daphne du Maurier, says that Peter Pan author J.M. Barrie might have been "An obsessive stalker, an impotent husband, a lover of young boys," and possibly a murderer. It makes me wonder what Barrie, who scratched out 'May God blast anyone who writes a biography of me' in one of his later notebooks, would think of this:... Copyright 2008 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:10:00 -0800 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:45 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i read the entire article. the whole "murderer" accusation is pure conjecture, and also bloody unlikely, if i know anything about 12 yr old boys.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1080935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1080935 Books Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:38:46 -0800 Well who doesn't love young boys? Sheesh.

]]> Miles http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1081053 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1081053 Books Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:07:47 -0800 @2: How about W.C. Fields. But then again, he hated more than just young boys.

]]> M'thew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1081206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/newsflash_author_was_a_dick#c1081206 Books Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:45 -0800