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Goodreads asked Stephen Franks:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Stephen Franks The Milan Contract was borne out of a simple desire to tell a story that I had carried around in my head for a number of years. The tale, in much the same form that it is in now, came to me as I stood waiting for a taxi outside a Milanese hotel (it is not called the Napoli) on a sunny Sunday morning some twenty years ago. Indeed, the sights and sounds described in the opening chapter accurately reflect my memories of that day except of course, for the dramatic conclusion.

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