Currently on tour promoting his long awaited new novel (Divisadero), Michael Ondaatje made an appearance at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble to do a reading, book-signing and some Q & A. Joel Grey, the actor, was in the audience and chatted with him briefly.
Earlier in the day, he was interviewed on WNYC, on the Leonard Lopate show.
Filmi connection? Well, he spins a good tale. And his incredible, absorbing novel The English Patient was made into a movie that included Naveen Andrews. Er, that’s about it…
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[...] Weeks and weeks and weeks ago, when I saw that Michael Ondaatje would be doing a reading at the Union Square Barnes & Noble tonight as part of the book tour for his delightful latest novel (The Cat’s Table), I noted it on my calendar with an idea to go and see him, as I am wont to do. [...]