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Laura Lippman relishes the idea (put forth even in the title of the aforementioned article) of David Simon as her "prized conversion." She states on the record for the "blog": "Isn't that kind of Dr. Moreau? Like, I'm walking around this strange old house with all these odd creepy mutants who read Pendarvis, but David is my favorite, the man-beast I cradle in my arms while stroking his pelt?"