the conan doyle scholars are those who recognize conan doyle as the author and creator of the sherlock holmes canon as well as other books and are his dollars and as in those interesting about richard green the protagonist, he was one of the few that went back and forth between both groups. in. >> i wanted to ask malcom in your book you write about the search for the amazon and one person you met in the '90s and what he says is that he was drawn to -- [inaudible] [laughter] >> i wrote my store is in my apartment and david has to go to the amazon. and >> malcolm is much smarter than me. >> that is absolutely right. [laughter] i did not mean it that way. [laughter] >> did i answer the question? i guess what david was talking about coming hampshire you send an mad to you came up with your ideas because you want to figure something out to figure out how people work. >> i grew up on speaking of the sherlock holmes and grow up on a steady diet of murder mysteries and that may be still all i read really. you go into the booksellers and all the international -- i read every one of those. my ea

scholars are those who recognize conan doyle as they author. the thing that was interesting about richard branson green, the protagonist in the story, he is one of the few-- [laughter] [inaudible] he talks about one person he met in the '90s. what he says is he was drawn to the intellectual as well as physical assets in the world. [inaudible] [laughter] >> david has to go to amazon. [inaudible] [laughter] [laughter] >> did i answer the question? you said you came up with your ideas-- [inaudible] >> actually i grew up-- i grew up on a steady diet of british murders. that may still be ali reed. all the paperbacks, i read every one of those. dorothy sayers, and agatha christie. i must have read 50 agatha christie books by the time i was 10. so what do you do if you love mystery stories and you can't write fiction? you write some kind of facsimile , which is what-- nonfiction mysteries, but the minute i think i can write dialogue i am gone. [laughter] [inaudible] >> i wanted it to be a little less chilly so i made a conscious effort. partly from re