Quote Originally Posted by kruppstahl View Post
BTW did you know that there wasn't a drop of Irish blood in O'Brien? His real name was not O'Brien but Russ. And he was all German, 100%. Also he had led a fairly irresponsible life. If you can find the O'Brien biography, buy it. Its by a guy the name of Dean King.
I recently read that, yes - and I think that experience was how he was able to make Maturin's "outsider" character so believable. I'm definitely planning on getting that biography soon (as well as the cookbook).