Lawrence Walsh, Iran-Contra Prosecutor, Dies at 102

 Mr. Walsh's obituary, in The New York Times, concludes with a compelling quote:

In his book, Mr. Walsh said that he had found a model for his time as independent counsel in the Iran-contra case in Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea,” in which a fisherman labors long and hard to catch a marlin. When he does, he lashes it to the side of his skiff, only to have sharks strip the flesh before he gets to shore.

“As the independent counsel, I sometimes felt like the old man,” he wrote. “More often I felt like the marlin.” 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/21/us/politics/lawrence-e-walsh-iran-contra-prosecutor-dies-at-102.html?ref=obituaries

“The Black-Eyed Blonde," By Benjamin Black

This new Philip Marlowe novel is by Benjamin Black (a/k/a John Banville).  I'm looking forward to reading it.

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Eyed-Blonde-Philip-Marlowe-Novel/dp/0805098143/

Here is a New York Times review of the book, by Janet Maslin:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/books/philip-marlowe-returns-in-the-black-eyed-blonde.html?ref=books