He never abandons a book halfway. He doesn’t judge or pick and choose a book like most people do, based on whether it’s interesting or not, or holds their interest. For him a book is a vessel for information that you have to collect down to the last detail, every final piece. Most people who, say, read an Agatha Christie novel and enjoy it might read a few more of her works. But that doesn’t apply to him. He doesn’t select books according to groupings.”