The savanna book festival. You have been listening to dan slater talk about his book wolf boys 2 american teenagers and mexicos most Dangerous Drug Cartel. Now it is your turn to ask questions. 202 is the area code, 7481800 in east and central toronto, 7488201 in the mountain and pacific time zones. Dan slater, remind us why you named the book wolf boys 2 american teenagers and mexicos most Dangerous Drug Cartel. Guest the book is called wolf boys 2 american teenagers and mexicos most Dangerous Drug Cartel for a couple different reasons. The Mexican Drug Cartel these boys joined, they would refer to their foot soldiers, their assassins as wolves. There was one other reason, i was working on the book, i just happened randomly to pull the novel lord of the flies off my shelf, a novel i hadnt read since ninth grade or something but i picked it up and started be reading it in became totally absorbed in the book and i started to see the story i was working on through that lord of the flies
Of bluegreen corporation. Dance later, on the New York Times, the new yorker, washington post, boston globe, new york magazine, the atlantic gq, the author of love in the time of algorithms and his latest book, wolf boys 2 american teenagers and mexicos most Dangerous Drug Cartel was called undeniably gripping by the New York Times book review. Please help me welcome dan slater. So as a writer, you dream about a lot of things in your diluted little minds, you dream about publishing a book or another book and dream about having somebody read it, dream about getting a nice review, and having your book made into a movie but one thing you dont dream of because it is so sublime and totally unlikely is the possibility someone will name an ice cream after your book. Thank you for giving me the greatest gift i was not even arrogant enough to want. Wolfed down chocolate chip, i can say without bias, is the best scoop you ever had. [applause] thanks to the savannah book festival, mark murphy, on
Also, former former state Department Official Mary Thompson joan discusses leaked diplomatic cables on book tv afterward program at 9 00 p. M. Eastern. At ten, they recall the life of a former state Department Employee turned soviet spy. We wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 11 with the account of the final months of president Franklin Roosevelts life. Thatll happen starting next on cspan to book tv. First up, here is joseph stiglitz. Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to barnes noble upper west side. Tonight i have the distinct pleasure of introducing author joseph stiglitz. Mr. Stiglitz is a nobel prizewinning economist and the bestselling author of a number of titles including the great divide, the price of inequality, and globalization and its. [inaudible] he has written for vanity fair, political, the atlantic and harper. He brings us today his new book, the euro, how, how a common currency threatens the future of europe. Can the euro be saved . After laying the mis
Good evening everyone. Thanks for coming out to with us tonight. We are thrilled to have dan ackerman with us to launch the tetris affect, the game that hypnotize the world. Dan is a native new yorker and moved into the neighborhood a few years ago and we are very glad to have him there. He is section editor at nina and runs the gadget testing lab over there. He has been a talking head on just about every news program imaginable and appears regularly as it inhouse Technology Expert on cbs this morning. This is his first book before i invite him up im going to read a quote. Tetris affect is a thrilling, globetrotting history book charting the creation of the greatest game ever played. Without further ado, please welcome dan ackerman. [applause] thanks for coming everybody. My name is dan ackerman and this is not only my first book but my first book reading. It took me 20 years to come up with a story i thought was really worth telling in this more expanded format. We will read a little