-Reverse-chronological order-

Today I acquired Jonathan Tropper's first book; I've already read the other two.

That happens often - I spot the author's latest on the new book shelves and find myself working my way back through his or her body of work. And I have to say, the author's third is usually my favorite. Case in point - Sabin Willett's 'Present Value.' His freshman and sophomore efforts read well, but simply didn't belong on the same shelf.

We could ponder why the third time is the charm, and bring to bear publishing statistics, writer psychology, market magic and chaos theory.

But why would we want to do that?

Curiosity?