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its been so long. can ijust say im standing here feeling kind ofjealous? why? well, look. and we didnt even put it there. it wasnt even staged. no? no. well, i mean, its selling very well, so why not? and the cover looks good. i think the cover kind of pops. im wondering if you get a bit... you know, ive had it one or two times, books in windows, but you must get it all the time. so, the thing that makes my socks go up and down is not seeing the book in the book store window, but its w...

well, look who it is. what a surprise! as if! i cant believe i found you here! its been so long. can ijust say, im standing here feeling kind ofjealous? why? well, look! and we didnt even put it there! it wasnt even staged. no? no. well, i mean, its selling very well, so why not? and the cover looks good. i think the cover kind of pops. im wondering if you get a bit... you know, ive had it one or two times, books in windows, but you must get it all the time. so, the thing that makes my...

from england and the guy next to me goes... he looks at the book and he says, "i read that book." and i said, "oh." and before i could stop him, he says, "cynical— both laugh we spent... it was a seven—hour flight. seven hours, and hes playing 20 questions, trying to figure out who i was, and he was getting closer and closer and closer. and it was just horrendous! did you manage... by the time you landed, he didnt figure it out? no, he hadnt figured it out. shall we go on in? i mea...

it was a version of this — i sat down to reread my book because i was coming back for the paperback book tour from england and the guy next to me goes... he looks at the book and he says, "i read that book." and i said, "oh." and before i could stop him, he says, "cynical— both laugh we spent... it was a seven—hour flight. seven hours, and hes playing 20 questions, trying to figure out who i was, and he was getting closer and closer and closer. and it was just horrendous! did you...

Mm—hm. and i was wondering whether the... you write about this guy whos brilliant, creates this crypto exchange. its quite a dense subject. he is very nerdy, and you spend a lot of time interviewing him, and then it all sort of spectacularly gets derailed. and i was wondering, did your narrative process, to the extent that while you were interviewing him, you had a plan for what you were going to write, did that get derailed, too, by what happened to sam? we got railed more than derailed. real...

A lot of time interviewing him, and then it all sort of spectacularly gets derailed. and i was wondering, did your narrative process, to the extent that while you were interviewing him, you had a plan for what you were going to write, did that get derailed, too, by what happened to sam? we got railed more than derailed. really, because i had... iwent in... i go, usually, into these things kind of groping. i found some character who i find interesting and hes in some weird situation. and so you h...