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To questions about what he is working on next, MG said that he'd done a long article for the New Yorker on ketchup and was now getting interested in writing about cookery.

The evening ended with a signing session where I noticed that, like so many bright chappies, Malcolm G is left-handed.

As I got his scribble on my own copy, I pointed out that his article on ketchup surely qualified him for a spot on Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion, to which MG said that he'd love to be on that show.

Hmm, methinks a word to GK or his producer would be in order here. Damn! I forgot to check with Gladwell if he can sing.