| 1 | At his death he left a great mass of undigested manuscripts. | |
| 2 | Martin heaved a sigh of relief when he had disposed of the last manuscript. | |
| 3 | A few days ago I was in London having drinks with a novelist and a literary agent. | |
| 4 | He finished the entire manuscript in an astounding ten days, from the moment he woke up from his dream. | |
| 5 | But first he responded to a call which had come following those magazine profiles - from a literary agent suggesting he write a book. |