By the 1950s, the eventscapes of Vancouver's Chinatown were indeed becoming mainstream attractions.

Oh yes, I meant it as a compliment. Olin tapped the books. I expect to finish these... but for the writing. It's the writing I like. I was surprised to find myself laughing at your quite unsupernatural adventures in Gartsby Castle, and I was surprised to find you as good as you are. As subtle as you are. I expected more hack and slash.

It tells the life of a Sicilian peasant girl, Teresa, who is brought to a village in Provence just after the First World War; is adopted by two very twenties lesbian ladies, one American, one English, who rebuild, maintain, and allow to decay, an old house called the Bishop's Palace.

Also, when fish gilled there wasn't as much extra twine to tangle in, so they were easier to release from the net.