Lying In The Gutters

My friend Rich Johnston - just about the nicest, most gracious man to ever walk the Earth - has just become a fictional character (admittedly, not for the first time).

Jodi Picoult's upcoming novel The Tenth Circle features the page posted below - click on it to make it bigger, more legible. For more details on how and why anybody would write a friend of mine into a novel, acquaint yourself with Rich's column and it will soon be all too clear.