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Events on Saturday 1 April 1978 1
1978The Baseball EpiphanyWatching a baseball game at Jingu Stadium, he heard Dave Hilton hit a double with a clean crack of the bat, and out of the blue thought: I think I can write a novel. He later called it an epiphany — something that fell slowly from the sky and he caught it. That evening, he bought a fountain pen and writing paper, and began writing at the kitchen table of his apartment after closing the bar each night.