Long Read: Jeffrey Archer reveals why he can't write a book about Dubai Samhita Chakraborty Lord Jeffrey Archer Over an intensely personal yet free-wheeling tête-à-tête, Lord Jeffrey Archer talks of his new book written during the pandemic, his views on the Emirates Lit Fest and much more The first time I met Lord Jeffrey Archer was when I was a young reporter, quite unbelieving of my luck that the man who wrote Kane and Abel and Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less and all those really smart short stories with a twist in the tale was actually coming to India and I had been picked to interview him. That was 2011, and Archer was on a 51-stop whirlwind global tour to promote the first title in the Clifton Chronicles.