I hesitate to add anything to the Hoffman debate since I've not read his book, but, nonetheless, I will make one comment: One of my heroes--the late, great Carl Sagan--said that extraordinary claims must be supported by extraordinary evidence. While Sagan was talking about UFOs, astrology, and the like, I've kept his dictum in mind as far as literary criticism. In other words, if someone is to argue that Twain had homosexual relationships (certainly an extraordinary claim!), the argument had better be supported by concrete facts, not suppositions. At any rate, I like forward to reading the book.