The Suitcase Thief of Geneva

A few years back my wife and I were waiting in a Geneva hotel for a taxi to take us to the airport. We had left our bags in a small left luggage room and we noticed an untidy shaggy man disappearing inside. I was sent to check.

Moments later I returned, providing my wife with reassurance. "But he is still in there," she replied. "How can you be certain he isn't up to something?"

"Well," I said, "there are two reasons for my certainty. The first is that you sent me to check, I checked and everything was fine. The second is that the shaggy haired, untidy man is Tom Stoppard."

Arts and Letters Daily links to a first class profile of the Suitcase Thief of Geneva.

Comments

[SJ Horan]

I'm surprised you didn't add the name of the journalist who wrote the piece to your occasional list of "Real People Who Are Actually Called..."