i inverted that nabokov in thing. i will write like a distinguished man of letters and i talk like a child and hitchens is the other way round. he talks like a genius, writes like a distinguished -- and thinks like a child. they often said of churchill that he thought like a child and his mind was around all over the place. he had rhetorical skills in the courage. >> i really do miss him. he was one of my heroes. >> thank you very much.

. >> joining any now is nabokov news chief andrea mitchell. let's start off with there's two lines of investigations we know could take place this week aalone. first, the hot one of the last couple of hours, especially on your show, who knew what, when, is how people like to put it. we heard from senator fine steen on your show regarding your concerns. >> her concerns and the concerns also as i understand it of the house republican chair mike rogers, a former fib agent himself is they were not told. they didn't get a heads-up from the fbi or the dni or the head of national intelligence, general clapper. they didn't get a heads-up from the nsc or the white house. the first thing they know on friday, general petraeus is resigning, and the president's accepting his resignation without knowing there's months and months of an investigation into a possible compromising of national security. their argument is that as the oversight committee, at least the chairpersons and vice-chairs, four of them, should have been told. >> pete williams, our legal co

ballard or gillespie crowned elmore leonard tonight, let's remember the iron law propounded by vladimir nabokov there is only one school of writing, that of talent. thank you very much. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] [applause] >> this is a nice at to to follow, i will tell you. martin and i have been, we have been making appearances together for the last, oh, several years here in los angeles. what i do is describe martin amis as a complete literary star at the top of his game and that i might mention that i have appeared as a category on jeopardy several times. [laughter] earlier this year, when i began writing a book i am calling blue dreams, which incidentally is taken from the name of marijuana, although the marijuana referenced earlier had nothing to do with me. i thought it might turn out to be my last novel, number 46 to add to the stack. [applause] i was finally, i was finally getting tired. then the first chapter of the book sold to the atlantic is a short story and not long after, a letter arrived from the national book foundation. awarding me this years medal for my work, all of that

i inverted that nabokov in thing.i will write like a distinguished man of letters and i talk like a child and hitchens is the other way round. he talks like a genius, writes like a distinguished -- and thinks like a child. they often said of churchill that he thought like a child and his mind was around all over the place. he had rhetorical skills in the courage. >> i really do miss him. he was one of my heroes. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you to our authors and the autographing area is to the right of the elevators as you leave this room. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching booktv's live coverage of the miami book fair international. you were just watching carol blue, cary goldstein and martin amis talking about their erstwhile colleague, friend and husband, christopher hitchens and we are here to chat -- at chapman hall and carol blue is working her way back to our corner here at chapman