I did not want it to be autobiographical. , whoted to tell the story wanted to be able to generalize from it, about what is it like to facethe fact, not having an illness, necessarily. But, the fact that you were going to die one way or another. Brian when did you know yeah, . Hat year yo michael 1993. Brian what was your reaction . It was in distress. Days. Very upset for a few since then, i have accommodated to wait. It is not the worst thing in the world. Brian whose idea was it to do this book . By the way, it is only 18. Michael it is only 9. 99 on amazon. A piece in the new yorker that is partly from this book and everybody said, you ought to do a book. Think, inalist you have a story, i ought to tell it. For quite a pile. Ultimately, i gave in. Brian what is the story about the Swimming Pool . Michael i was living in los angeles in an apartment complex that had this Swimming Pool and , andd this when very early there was this old man swimming at the same time, like 5 00. I used