It was the first time anybody had called me from his bathtub. At least, it was the first time anybody had told me he was calling from his bathtub, and it certainly got my attention. ‘I’ve just been reading the New York Times review of your novel Show Business,’ said Bikramjit (‘Blondie’) Singh, ‘and it sounds great! I want to make a movie of it.’ I was a bit taken aback. ‘You haven’t read the book yet, and you want to make a movie out of it?’ was the first question that came to mind. Or did he want to make a movie of the review? ‘Of course I’ll read the book, but I’m sure I’ll like it.
