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My full name is Chester Thomas King.
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Although most people call me Mickey
for reasons I won't go into.
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You may have read some of my early works.
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But my publisher didn't see Chester Thomas
King as the name of a best-selling author.
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He preferred such authors as
Guy Strange, Gary Rough,
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Dan Wild and Les Behan.
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I was all those and others. I was
co-authors Susan Eager and Paul S. Cumming.
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The newly discovered Indian writer,
Doctor O.R. Gann, spelt with two N's,
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and the struggling Nigerian author,
S. Odomy, with the emphasis on the "O".
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None of them exactly made
Book of the Month Club.
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- Mr King?
- Yes.
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Could I have a word with you?
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Yes.
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Please, take a seat.
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- Cigarette?
- No, thank you.
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Our work here is mainly technical specifications,
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insurance and shipping documents,
company records and legal contracts.
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Your manuscript took my staff rather by surprise.
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- They finished it, though?
- Of course.
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Of course.
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May I ask who normally types your work?
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My mother.
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- Your mother?
- Yes, she prefers it to knitting.
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If you don 't want my custom,
just say so.
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What I read I personally found very stimulating.
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And your staff?
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Too stimulating.
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But they have no taste for such things.