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Books Printers Row Lit Fest  Michael Lenehan  What do you think
of when you think of Chicago?  The lake. Lake Shore Drive. The
portage between the Chicago and DesPlaines rivers, where the
Great Lakes connect (almost) with the Gulf of Mexico--the reason
Chicago exists.  Who is an author you'd like to meet, dead or
alive?  Jane Austen: I am so curious!  What's your guilty
pleasure reading?  Once in a while I'll come across a detective
or spy or SF writer who gives me pleasure and I'll keep reading
until the charm wears off. I've gone on tears with Ross
McDonald, Lee Child, Frank Herbert, Alan Furst, John le
Carre....I'm not guilty about John le Carre.  Can you describe a
random or unexpected experience you've had while promoting a
book?  I won't name the place, but I think the worst-attended
reading I ever did yielded the highest percentage of book sales.
There were so few people there I think they felt bad. Or maybe
they felt conspicuous: they kne