{"id":4210,"date":"2009-05-11T17:20:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T11:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2009-05-11T17:20:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T11:50:00","slug":"mfs-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/mfs-update\/","title":{"rendered":"MFS Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have good news for US readers of India Uncut who have been asking how they can buy <i>My Friend Sancho<\/i>. Although the book won&#8217;t be available on Amazon for a couple of months, you can buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiaplaza.com\/books-to-us\/pd.aspx?sku=367346\" title=\"My Friend Sancho -- Indiaplaza.com\">from here<\/a>. I am told that the price you see there is inclusive of shipping.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be publishing links to other online outlets for readers in other parts of the world as I get them. Meanwhile, <i>MFS<\/i> should now be available in bookstores across India. I love the way the book looks&#8212;Hachette has done a terrific job of the production, and I&#8217;m most pleased. Now it&#8217;s up to you to tell me if the inside lives up to the outside.<\/p>\n<p>Also, do join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=78529838675\" title=\"My Friend Sancho Facebook group\"><i>My Friend Sancho<\/i> Facebook group<\/a>. And try to make it to <a href=\"\/myfriendsancho\/events\" title=\"My Friend Sancho launch events\">one of the launches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>The Mumbai launch on Saturday was quite well attended, and it went off well. I was terribly nervous about reading from the book, but I picked a couple of sections, read them out manfully, and no one threw shoes. I also achieved my lifelong ambition of doing in a bookstore what Meg Ryan once did in a restaurant. I shall repeat that act in all my other launches, and you&#8217;re most welcome to have what I&#8217;m having.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m off tomorrow to Delhi, and will be travelling till the 19th for the book. But I&#8217;ll keep the blogging going. Watch this space.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p><b>Update<\/b>: Just for you, an excerpt: here is <a href=\"\/uploads\/images\/My_Friend_Sancho_web.pdf\" title=\"Chapter One of My Friend Sancho\">Chapter One of <i>My Friend Sancho<\/i><\/a> (pdf link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have good news for US readers of India Uncut who have been asking how they can buy <i>My Friend Sancho<\/i>. Although the book won&#8217;t be available on Amazon for a couple of months, you can buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiaplaza.com\/books-to-us\/pd.aspx?sku=367346\" title=\"My Friend Sancho -- Indiaplaza.com\">from here<\/a>. I am told that the price you see there is inclusive of shipping.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be publishing links to other online outlets for readers in other parts of the world as I get them. Meanwhile, <i>MFS<\/i> should now be available in bookstores across India. I love the way the book looks&#8212;Hachette has done a terrific job of the production, and I&#8217;m most pleased. Now it&#8217;s up to you to tell me if the inside lives up to the outside.<\/p>\n<p>Also, do join the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=78529838675\" title=\"My Friend Sancho Facebook group\"><i>My Friend Sancho<\/i> Facebook group<\/a>. And try to make it to <a href=\"\"\/myfriendsancho\/events\" title=\"My Friend Sancho launch events\">one of the launches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>The Mumbai launch on Saturday was quite well attended, and it went off well. I was terribly nervous about reading from the book, but I picked a couple of sections, read them out manfully, and no one threw shoes. I also achieved my lifelong ambition of doing in a bookstore what Meg Ryan once did in a restaurant. I shall repeat that act in all my other launches, and you&#8217;re most welcome to have what I&#8217;m having.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m off tomorrow to Delhi, and will be travelling till the 19th for the book. But I&#8217;ll keep the blogging going. 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