<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><DIV>Dan:</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>If you don't get an answer from Libs-Or, you might consider posting at Project Wombat, the listserv for tough reference questions or Fiction_L, the librarians' fiction listserv:</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><A href="http://project-wombat.org/">http://project-wombat.org/</A></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.mgpl.org/read-listen-view/fl/flmenu/">http://www.mgpl.org/read-listen-view/fl/flmenu/</A></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Jeffrey Pike</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="MARGIN: 5px 0px; BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px">On 08/14/13, <SPAN>dan cawley<librarybusiness@yahoo.com></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12px"><DIV style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><DIV>Advance apologies if this is the wrong venue for this inquiry. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>I thought there would be a better chance at identifying a book title on a multi-member board as opposed to torturing a single person from answerland.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>(BTW: I've spent more time on this question than i should have.)</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV><STRONG>Patron is looking for the title of a book. The central figure is a snake-lover in his mid-20s. He gets bit by a venomous snake and dies. Maybe he was bitten in a quarry. The story was authored by his mother.</STRONG></DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>That's all we have. Help.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Our patron would be delighted if anyone could identify the title and author of this book.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Dan Cawley</DIV><DIV>Seaside Public Library</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.seasidelibrary.org/" target=_blank>http://www.seasidelibrary.org/</A></DIV><DIV>503.738.6742</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> </DIV></DIV><BR><HR SIZE=1><BR>_____________________________________________________<BR>Libs-Or mailing list<BR><A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target=_blank>Libs-Or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</A><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or" target=_blank>http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/libs-or</A><BR>Hosted by the Oregon State Library. The Library is not responsible for content.<BR>Questions related to message content should be directed to list owner(s) or the sender of the message, by phone or email.<BR>Technical questions? Call 503-378-8800.<BR></DIV></div>