I wish I spoke French. Desole. I'm trying to learn through a DVD but so far I can only order a window seat on a train. Je voudrais une place pres de la fenetre sil vous plait. See. Not bad. My novel, Soul Diamond, is the first book I wrote. It is about a guy in the 1980s engaged in a futile struggle to improve his working class life. He is a smart ass. I have no idea how to translate that. But yes, it has held him back. Merci. Au revoir!