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…