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chicago tribune. [applause] that is enough of that. does anybody in here not know who erik larson is? you walk in saying that looks like an interesting name? he is, without argument and you can argue if you want to the finest non-fiction writer alive. [applause] he is also a terrific human being and you unfortunately have to listen to larson and kogan. this is the first time we are having a conversation without cocktails. you describe this as a floating village in steel. you get 15 minutes to ask specific questions so i will not focus too much on the book. my editor has specific questions. but i want to talk more about the process in a sense. you are now in what you call the dark country of no ideas. that is a term i didn t come up with. my good friend and publicist came up with it when i am looking for a period to describe my next book. when i finish a book i have no other idea on my plate and start from scratch. it is a long-ish process taking about a year befo ....
sustained all those years. with a six month operation or to we protest their active 1947 through 1954 the entire time they faced resistance with religious leaders and civic leaders and they never back down. i always felt like we were those in which cassidy and the sundance kid at the end when they are followed in the people tracking them keep coming up behind them and finally they looked at each other and say who are they? that is the response that many people had in omaha. who are they and what do they want and why are they here? because almost any other location in the united states that would have been the response that this is another one of those groups because there wasn t. to me one of the most important parts of the pioneering effort in such an unlikely place. welcome to the 31st printer s row lit best i will give a quick thank-you to our sponsors. today s program is being aired live on c-span2 booktv. at the end of the presentation we will take questions from ....
macdonald i loved and all so read the dark scandinavian detective stories and i just read this creepy mystery as a great friend of mine says he doesn t know how to kill people. [laughter] you really know how to write the narrative you know, what his other books are if they are not on your shelf you should not be here. thank you for coming. [applause] on behalf of the printer s row that fast 84 attending and erik larson will sign books outside in the lobby. the case is a landmark supreme court decision in the field of first demand rights and addresses the question of the journalism profession balance the impeding interest when refined day confrontation than the fifth amendment is a fair trial by the impartial jury these are too complex or to interest coming into conflict and have paid to do with that balancing act. that case originates traveling to western nebraska to be killed six members of a local family in the most heinous way. he killed henry and kelly in thei ....
chicago tribune. [applause] that is enough of that. does anybody in here not know who erik larson is? you walk in saying that looks like an interesting name? he is, without argument and you can argue if you want to the finest non-fiction writer alive. [applause] he is also a terrific human being and you unfortunately have to listen to larson and kogan. this is the first time we are having a conversation without cocktails. you describe this as a floating village in steel. you get 15 minutes to ask specific questions so i will not focus too much on the book. my editor has specific questions. but i want to talk more about the process in a sense. you are now in what you call the dark country of no ideas. that is a term i didn t come up with. my good friend and publicist came up with it when i am looking for a period to describe my next book. when i finish a book i have no other idea on my plate and start from scratch. it is a long-ish process taking about a year bef ....
there was this creepy iceland story. think about the scandinavian authors. they know how to kill people. erik larson you know how to write a narrative. dead weight the most recent. you know what his other books are. if they are not on the shelves you should not be at lit fest. thank you for coming. he will be signing outside. thank you. on behalf of the printers row lit fest we would like to thank the panel, thank you for ....