Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Trevanian

Born: June 12, 1931
Died: December 14, 2005 (aged 74)
Bio: Rodney William Whitaker was an American film scholar and writer who wrote several successful novels under the pen name Trevanian.
Known for:
- Shibumi (1979)
- The Eiger Sanction (1972)
- The summer of Katya (1983)
- The Loo Sanction (1973)
- The crazyladies of Pearl Street (2005)