title: The Tamerlane Trap: The Third Adventure from the Biblio Files
author: Ralph Raab
description: Ralph Raab began his writing career at the age of 10, when his teachers made him write things 100 times after school. He's been writing his way into and out of trouble ever since. A teacher of music, computers, and study skills for over 20 years, Ralph lives with his wife, daughters, and an annoying parrot in a town in New Jersey that closely resembles Bleakhouse. He looks just like his author photo, but somewhat fatter and very, very much older. Ralph is currently at work on two books-one for children and one for adults.
zlib_text: > ALSO BY BRET EASTON ELLIS
  
  > Lunar Park  
  > Glamorama  
  > The Informers  
  > American Psycho  
  > The Rules of Attraction  
  > Less Than Zero
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  FOR R.T.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Contents
  
  > [Other Books by this Author](index_split_000.html#filepos181)
  
  > [Title Page](index_split_001.html#filepos682)
  
  > [Dedication](index_split_002.html#filepos835)
  
  > [Epigraphs](index_split_004.html#filepos2051)
  
  > [First Page](index_split_005.html#filepos2672)
  
  > [A Note About the Author](index_split_007.html#filepos318864)
  
  > [Copyright](index_split_008.html#filepos319253)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  > History repeats the old conceits, the glib replies, the same defeats …
  
  > ELVIS COSTELLO, “Beyond Belief”
  
  > There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.
  
  > RAYMOND CHANDLER, The Long Goodbye
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  They had made a movie about us. The movie was based on a book written by
  someone we knew. The book was a simple thing about four weeks in the city we
  grew up in and for the 