For a while it threatens to be a Poe-like tale of obsession.
It was a Poe story set on Chambers Street.
So its main character, Quentin Clark, is a Poe admirer with a groupie's ardor.
There is a Poe Park at 190th St. and Kingsbridge Road, given to Poe, with cottage in center of it.
Not many people realize that there is a Poe house to visit in New York City, nor do they realize that it was Poe's final residence.
The professor, Joe Carroll (played by James Purefoy) was a Poe expert.
Later failing as an officer's cadet at West Point and declaring a firm wish to be a poet and writer, Poe parted ways with John Allan.
Ms. Hooper maintains a sense of dread and confusion (which one of her characters is more mad becomes a legitimate question), but even at a thrifty 200-some pages you have to wonder if "The Engagement" is not meant to be a shorter, Poe-like tale.
(There, that's your clue but I'm not really sure it is a clue; Poe liked red herrings).
Jerome said he doubted that Poe would be a Giants fan.
The Pennsylvania Inquirer printed that "it proves Mr Poe to be a man of genius... with an inventive power and skill, of which we know no parallel".
