Hi - How much of a fan of The Pickwick Papers would you say you are? As it's a reread for you, I am hoping that you are indeed a Pickwick-enthusiast, and so I thought you might be interested in a piece of Pickwick-news. You see, I have written a novel about the origins and subsequent history of The Pickwick Papers - in my view, Pickwick has the most fascinating backstory of any work of fiction. Anyway, the novel is called Death and Mr Pickwick, it will be published in May by Random House (in the UK) and in June by Farrar, Straus & Giroux (in the USA).You can find out more at www.deathandmrpickwick.com, where I can also be contacted. And indeed I hope you will get in touch - I have always hoped that I would make many new friends and associates by writing the novel. Best wishes Stephen Jarvis