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this is about an hour and a half. i have a very personal relationship to this bookstore. i was a student very close by here, an undergraduate from a foreign country. when i could get my spirits up, i would like to this bookstore and spend time here. there s something wonderful about things coming back. so thank you very much for having me here. and thank you for those really wonderful words of praise. i must say though, my favorite praise that it received for the book came this morning when i was reading through my e-mails. someone sent me a note from some blogger who says arthur cliff notes for the the emperor of all maladies ? [laughter] it s been my lifelong ambition to have a book to which there are cliffsnotes. [laughter] so if anyone is inspired to write cliffsnotes, please let you know. i would be delighted. i thought i would begin today rather than talking about the content of the book, i thought i would begin about talking about process because that s more ....