I don't usually reply or respond to these blogs, though the discussions are always interesting! But I did want to address the question about the Baroness's address. No, her house was not demolished and Google Maps is simply off by a few doors. Here is a more accurate map:
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?qs=63+Kingsw...NJ%2007086-6908
I've tracked the address from the beginning, and one of the most interesting pieces of evidence was a classified ad in the NY Times she put out when she lost her purse at the airport. The address is there, prominently. I've attached it, but if it doesn't come through I'm putting it on my website: www.monkbook.com
There were a few small mistakes I missed or corrections I made that were not registered by the printer/copy editor, to my dismay, but they have been corrected in subsequent printings and I have an errata sheet on my website.
And, by the way, I do refer to those notes that have mistakenly been attributed to Monk allegedly given to Steve Lacy in a footnote in the book. They were not written by Monk, though they MAY have been written by Lacy but many years later. My guess is that he jotted down his memories in preparation for the foreword he wrote for Fitterling's book. It's almost verbatim. I'm still amazed that he had not published the notes as is given how he published so much.
robin d. g. kelley Nica_ad_1966.pdf