[Carolyn Kunin sends the following pop quiz, since the List has been discussing the question of VN's "cruelty."  -- SES]
 
Anyone care to hazard a guess as to the author who claimed to love his/
her characters "like a cat loves a bird"?
Carolyn

p.s. obviously not the obvious 

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