“Nodding and smiling broadly again he says, “I’m am so fortunate to have you as my editor, Vinny. You understand the heart of the book.” “The heart?” I ask. “Yes, I believe each book is an entity, like a living person. I am a cardiologist, so I feel the heart is everything for a person, and so it is for a book. If you put your ear on it, you should hear it beating and then you grasp its essence.”