Welcome to book tv in depth this is especially or fiction on indepth and last month was David Ignatius who writes about the cia. This month we have Colson Whitehead is our guest his most recent book is the underground railroad. What is the appropriate response mr. Whitehead when your books are praised by the president obama and ohio oprah and the National Book award . It takes the pain away. [laughter] this book has taken off in a way that is unexpected and wonderfu wonderful. So i think my lucky stars i sleep a little better, a better mood generally, and try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Why does it put you in a better mood . I have been writing 20 something years doing fiction 20 years. And no one particularly cares. So i have the pride of thinking i did a good job with the book and the bonus of other people to see that as well. Host your first book was about elevator repair people. How do you sell a book like that quick. Exactly. So when i send it to my agent with the concept
More books we hope to cover. Number one, Richard Orton smith who has written dozens of books has a brandnew biography coming out on gerald ford. It is entitled in ordinary men, the surprising life and historic residency of gerald ford. It took about a decade for him to write this book. Another book coming out is called letters to trump. This is Donald Trumps book and in this book he puts some of the letters that were written to him prior to becoming president. He makes editorial comments as well. Its a brandnew book published by a price that is run by his son, donald trump, jr. Those are two books that are coming out. Another program is called about books. And that we look at the bids business of publishing. One interview we did was with Michael Knowles, the book reviewer for prager university. We talked him about some of the books that he looks at. Here is a snippet of that interview. Recently on about books, Michael Knowles discussed his program the book club. It is on the books that
Welcome to book tvindepth program, this is our special year of fiction on indepth. You see authors such as david baldacci, jody people, Walter Mosley, last month we had david ignatius, Washington Post columnist and thriller writer who writes about the cia and such. This month we are pleased to have Pulitzer Prize winning author Colson Whitehead as our guest with the most recent book is the underground railroad. Mister whitehead, whats the appropriate response when your book are are praised by oprah, president obama, you win the pulitzer and National Book award, whats the appropriate response . It took the pain away. This book is taking off in a way that is startling and wonderful so mostly i just thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally. And i tried to enjoy it. Its my best effort. Why does that put you in a better mood . Ive been writing for 20 something years, doing fiction for 20 years and you know, sometimes you write a book and people digging
Program. This is our special your fiction on in depth. Youll see authors this month we are pleased to have Colson Whitehead as our guests. His most recent book is the underground railroad. Whats the appropriate response when its praised by oprah, president obama, was the appropriate response . Guest this book is taken off in a way thats unexpected and wonderful. Mostly i thank my lucky stars and i sleep a little better, im in a better mood generally i try to enjoy it despite my best efforts. Host what is up regina better food . Ive been writing for 20 some years. Sometimes you read a book and people understand and sometimes you write it and nobody cares. And it disappears. So ive the pride and thinking i did a good job with the book. The bonus of other people liking it as well. Host your first book was intuition us. How do you sell a book like that . Guest exactly. With that book either when i send it to my age in either you dig the concept of the two groups or you dont. Further along
Announcer this week on q a, author simon sebag montefiore. He discusses his book, the romanovs. About the dynasty that ruled russia for over 300 years. Brian simon sebag montefiore, the book is called the romanovs 16131918. I want to read your headline in the london daily mail. You wrote this back in january. Simon [chuckles] i did not actually wrote that. Thats the headline by the daily mail headline writer. Would say, it is the most outrageous and most explicit correspondence ever written by a head of state. I have to say the correspondence is so outrageous that they edited the daily mail. They rang me up. They said, were a tabloid newspaper. We cant print this stuff. Were a family newspaper. Brian who was it . Who was the head of state . Simon the head of state was tsar Emperor Alexander the ii. The emperor who liberated the serbs the slaves of russia. At exactly at the same time 1861 as your president lincoln was about to liberate the slaves of america, the two men were in correspo