Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Self-regard

Last night, Stacey and I attended a reading at the Newberry Library by Julian Barnes. Barnes, who was promoting his new novel, Arthur and George, which is about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, began his presentation by saying, "I approached this evening with some trepidation, and that trepidation has greatly increased now that I understand there are likely to be Doyle fans, or even Sherlockians, in the audience."

Right after Barnes said "Doyle fans," a man sitting two seats down from us raised one finger in a humble gesture of self-recognition and said, "Expert."

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