Now,now, Roger. I fear you are shaving your game just a bit.

As you should know (not that you practice it) what most book editors want from their authors is, “The same thing. Only different.” Crown will encourage PB to recapitulate his previous high selling tomes. It will not encourage a deviation.

Nor would PB be likely to deliver one.

You may recall an article many years ago by Tom Wolfe in which he begins by running a calculator to total his monthly nut. It is a substantial figure. PB has the same need for cash flow. He can’t have a minimal lifestyle and is probably wallowing in debt just to keep his status at a level.

This means he has to be constantly seeking for big truths to push over with bigger lies.

As they say in the movies, “Follow the money.”

But you know that.