Would you please autograph this book?

Could you please autograph this book?

A value for things with a personal touch an autograph book, a soul searching letter.

When did Russians ever ask a victim for an autograph? I myself have been attracting the interest of the Russian Public Prosecutor s Office for several months now, and I have yet to encounter any public support in the street, let alone a single autograph hunter.

I collect autograph books, and those of you authors in the audience know I hound you for them and CDs too, Tracy.

In Russia, you get asked for your autograph if you are a proper hero an ice hockey player, a cosmonaut, a high society prostitute, or, like Lugovoi, an executioner.

The second video clip that I imagined was getting back to Heathrow airport, and I could see again, vividly, the camera flashbulbs going off, the paparazzi, the autograph hunters, the book agents coming to sign me up for a deal.

In the latest interview given by Andrei Lugovoi, the man Great Britain wants Russia to extradite for poisoning the dissident Alexander Litvinenko with radioactive polonium, there was a remarkable moment that has not been fully appreciated. Lugovoi, still rather diffident but with unmistakable pride, mentioned that when he is seen in public, he usually finds himself surrounded by people who want to shake his hand, congratulate him on his valor, and ask for his autograph.