[PW] ? - Novel about a man obsessed with Poe

[Dennis Lien]

At 07:06 PM 2/7/2008, you wrote:
>Hello,
>  I'm a librarian in Wisconsin and I'd appreciate any
>tips to help me find a novel that a customer checked out
>from a public library sometime ago. Unfortunately I have
>no info. on author or title. I think it was probably published
>in the '80s or early nineties.
>The plot is about a man who's obsessed with Edgar Allen Poe or
>thinks he is the reincarnation of Poe. He embarks on
>a journey to Poe landmarks. Eventually, it's revealed that
>the man has this obsession because he's trying to escape
>the traumatic history of his real life. Thanks for your help.
>  Lisa


I don't recognize it, but I found an online list of (mostly)
fiction about Poe; maybe a title here will spur a memory:

http://www.amazon.com/riffs-on-Edgar-Allan-Poe/lm/2H051QRMHQZ94


Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien at umn.edu