David Leavitt in Amsterdam

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David Leavitt was in town invited by the John Adams Institute. His talk was funny and interesting, talking about his writing process, his life and his latest novel (which is published in Dutch this week) The Indian Clerk. I read this novel immediately when it came out in the states back in 2007: its a great story about an Indian Clerk - Srinivasa Ramanujan - who comes to Cambridge in the mid 1910's to solve one of the most important mathematical problems of all time. (And falls in love with a handsome soldier). Based on a true story - and beautifully told.