well, there are 37 books, but of course, these are all the different translations and editions. and as you can see, it starts with eye of the needle. in german, that was die nadel. and comes up all the way to the armour of light. so, 37 books. yeah. in how many languages? a0 languages, altogether. total number of copies sold around the world? 191 million. so, as an author who is very proud of the fact that i ve sold a million, i ve got a long way to go. just making me a littlejealous, ken. you had written, though, 11 books before you had a bestseller. yes. eye of the needle was my 11th, and it was my first bestseller. you didn t start out writing books, though. i mean, that was not your very firstjob. i was a newspaper reporter. so, you wrote your first novel while you had yourjob on the newspaper, and you wrote it in the evenings in your flat in london. yes, that s right. as a kind of side job. you had a young child at the time, though. yes. actually, by that time, we had tw
hi, katty. ken, it s so good to see you. how are you? i m very well. thank you. thank you for doing this. pleasure. and for inviting me to your lovely home. it is nice. finally. i ve been meaning to come many times, but now i ve finally made it here. well, you ve always had an open invitation. you re very sweet. i was thinking, actually, on my way up, that i have known you since i was 16 years old. were you really 16? i was, once upon a time, 16! i know that is hard to believe. but, yes, since i was at school with emanuele, your son. all of these books are by me. this is fantastic. how many? run through. give me the catalogue. well, there are 37 books, but of course, these are all the different translations and editions. and as you can see, it starts with eye of the needle. in german, that was die nadel. and comes up all the way to the armour of light. so, 37 books. yeah. in how many languages? a0 languages, altogether. total number of copies sold around the world? 191 millio
hi, katty. ken, it s so good to see you. how are you? i m very well. thank you. thank you for doing this. pleasure. and for inviting me to your lovely home. it is nice. finally. i ve been meaning to come many times, but now i ve finally made it here. well, you ve always had an open invitation. you re very sweet. i was thinking, actually, on my way up, that i have known you since i was 16 years old. were you really 16? i was, once upon a time, 16! i know that is hard to believe. but, yes, since i was at school with emanuele, your son. all of these books are by me. this is fantastic. how many? run through. give me the catalogue. well, there are 37 books, but of course, these are all the different translations and editions. and as you can see, it starts with eye of the needle. in german, that was die nadel. and comes up all the way to the armour of light. so, 37 books. yeah. in how many languages? a0 languages, altogether. total number of copies sold around the world? 191 millio