>> it is marcel proust for me. is a question that makes me nervous. who is the guy, i am older than you. he wrote high fidelity. i love the fat guy. anything he writes i want to read. i got to throw out my friend carl heisman. [applause] >> and nora f run. the books i really got into the deepest were master and commander, patrick o'brien, that guy was unbelievable. >> he wrote a lot of books. >> finally find another you know you will like, they went on forever and ever. i don't know how he wrote all these, i loved all those and marcel proust. >> who are your favorite writers? they can be did too. >> i hate this game a lot because i end up offending my writer friends. contemporary writers to english writers, and awful lot, julian barnes is somebody, ian mcewan, i will read anything those guys right. as for my favorite authors, jane austen, two favorites. >> this is a question that stumped -- a few years ago we were arguing over a book and one of our members asked penetrating questions, why do you read? everyone was just dumbfounded. we couldn't think o

>> it is marcel proust for me. is a question that makes me nervous. who is the guy, i am older than you. he wrote high fidelity. i love the fat guy. anything he writes i want to read. i got to throw out my friend carl heisman. [applause] >> and nora f run. the books i really got into the deepest were master and commander, patrick o'brien, that guy was unbelievable. >> he wrote a lot of books. >> finally find another you know you will like, they went on forever and ever. i don't know how he wrote all these, i loved all those and marcel proust. >> who are your favorite writers? they can be did too. >> i hate this game a lot because i end up offending my writer friends. contemporary writers to english writers, and awful lot, julian barnes is somebody, ian mcewan, i will read anything those guys right. as for my favorite authors, jane austen, two favorites. >> this is a question that stumped -- a few years ago we were arguing over a book and one of our members asked penetrating questions, why do you read? everyone was just dumbfounded. we couldn't think o