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Welcome to Dedicated. I'm your host, Doug Brunt. Today is a huge one. We're about to have a

mojito with David Grant. You might know him from his work with the New Yorker, where he's been a

staff writer since 2003, or you might know him from his 2009 debut, The Lost City of Z, which on the back of strong

word of mouth climbed to number one on the New York Times bestseller list.

Or you might know him from his book, Killers of the Flower Moon.

And I remember seeing some photos on social media of David on the movie set along with

Scorseseo and DiCaprio, who brought that

terrific book to the big screen. Or you might know him from his most recent book, The Wager,

which is a story of an 18th century shipwreck. I am holding up here a first edition of the hardcover,

but as of now, it is available in paperback. So if you are not one of the millions of people who have devoured that book, go get it now. And if all of that isn't enough to make the writers out there burning with jealousy, guess who has the movie option for The Wager? Scorsese and DeCaprio are back for more of David Grant. And I can't wait for it. David, welcome to the show. So great to be here. Thanks for having me and thanks for that intro.

Oh, well, I'm thrilled you're here. I loved, love the wager. Speaking of jealousy, I have to tell you, this came out in April of 23. So by the way, waiting two years in hardcover is huge. That means it's selling very well if you wait that long for paperback. But that summer, I was walking down the beach.

And, you know,

in my own life, I've always imagined that, and this has never happened, you know, the experience of being in the wild, and as they say, and having someone reading your book and you run up. So in my mind, I'm going to, like, walk on the plane one day, and the person's going to sit down next to me and reaching their bag and pull out a copy of my book.

And then I'm going to be all coy and say,

oh, how do you like that?

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