•It would be simple to introduce my guest this week as one of the most popular writers of our time. But that would be simplistic and obviously unfair to a man who is actually many people rolled into one. Let me get straight to the point and just say, Jeffrey, controversial and best-selling writer, welcome to Walk the Talk.

Thank you, thank you very much.

•Wonderful to have you here in a bookshop in Gurgaon, Landmark, in a mall.

Yes, which wouldn't have been. When I first came to India 15 years ago, there wouldn't have been a mall.

•You said you never came to India because you were never invited. You need an invite to come to India?

I thank Landmark very kindly. They said, 'We would like to do a proper tour. We know you have been to India, but we would like to take you around the country because you've got a lot of fans here.' And I said, 'Well, I have seen the figures from the Kane & Abel days, which is 30 years ago. And they said, 'Oh, they are buying more now that you are even more popular. So we would like you to come over.' So I had just done Australia for the fifth time, and I had just done America for the seventh time.

•Which (Australia) sometimes is the enemy country in India because we are playing them in cricket and fighting with them.

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