He spoke about sharing his space on his first-ever US morning show with Billy Carter and Mickey Mouse. Of the six minutes alloted to the trio, Carter, US President Jimmy Carter's younger brother, took 2 minutes and 11 seconds promoting his Billy Beer while the Mouse hogged 2 minutes and 49 seconds. All that poor Jeff had was not enough to mention Kane And Abel, the book he had come all the way to New York to promote.
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He beamed at the mention of his global fan-following, including the thousands of Indian readers, though he did make fun of the latter's long, winding ways of writing letters. He spoke of lunches and dinner with India's rich and famous, of cricket and cricket stars and displayed not much interest in the on-going IPL matches.
He avoided talking about his time in prison. Luckily for him, no one at the Landmark event broached the topic. What Archer was questioned mostly were about Kane and Abel and his latest novel, A Prisoner of Birth.
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