Ominous silence

Updated February 28 2013 - 9:08am, first published 3:00am

At a party the other night, I found myself in conversation with a well-known author whose work I greatly admire. I use the term ''conversation'' loosely. I couldn't hear a word he said. But, worse, the effort I was making to hear was using up so much brainpower I completely forgot the titles of his books.

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