Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less
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Oct 9, 2026
Matthew BannisterHOST
Yes,
Michael CrickGUEST
and it was a book called Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.
Geoffrey ArcherSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I always thought that the idea of four young men losing their money and then sitting down and planning to steal it back from Mr Big, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, would catch the public's imagination.
Michael CrickGUEST
And, you know, I had to admire the way in which he was determined to bounce back.
Michael CrickGUEST
I mean, Archer, he didn't make a huge amount of money out of that.
RichaHOST
A terrible investment leaves him completely bankrupt and forced to resign.
Renil S. VargheseHOST
Well, a normal person would have now spiraled into an existential crisis, right? But Archer analyzed his, uh, ruin, weaponized his insider knowledge of power, and wrote his debut novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, to pay off his debts.
RichaHOST
Absolutely.
Renil S. VargheseHOST
Well, that's where the core brand architecture was born: high-stakes ambition, power dynamics, and the razor-thin line between luxury and ruin.
John StanleyHOST
He has one of the most interesting lives that, uh, you could possibly have.
John StanleyHOST
It's like straight out of one of his own books.
John StanleyHOST
And he died in the last twenty-four hours suddenly.
John StanleyHOST
He's been doing a lot of interviews for his new, and as he says, last book, and I was scheduled to speak with him last week on the program.
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John StanleyHOST
He actually started working for some of the prisoners he'd met and some of the prisoners who were trying to be rehabilitated.
John StanleyHOST
So that's his life.
John StanleyHOST
He kept writing books.
John StanleyHOST
He, he wrote...
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
Well, it was the beginning, of course, but yes, that's a nice circular starting point.
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
But we were discussing, because I remember actually when your books first came out, and the first book, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, and I've loved the titles you've given your books, Geoffrey.
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
I think they're really good fun, and I'm immediately drawn to them, because they're different.
Jeffrey ArcherGUEST
I spend a lot of time working on a title, but maybe the best one I ever had, the Americans said no.
Jeffrey ArcherGUEST
And the Italians have their own opinions, so they can sometimes be very different.
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
Yes, no, I'm quite sure they are.
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
When you started with Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less, that came out of a very challenging period in your own life.
Fiona CarnarvonHOST
And I remember you saying that it's more autobiographical, which is often where the first fictional novel is.
Gyles BrandrethGUEST
A bestseller fifty years ago and a bestseller this week.
Gyles BrandrethGUEST
He took his experience of being a, a poor investment and having to leave Parliament to write his first novel, Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.
Gyles BrandrethGUEST
Then with his third novel, Kane and Abel, I think he was given an advance of three million dollars for that, and he then never looked back.
Gyles BrandrethGUEST
Yes, there were ups, and there were downs.
Tim WatsonHOST
I know where this is going.
Garry LyonHOST
And my mum, um, gave me this book when I was young called Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.
Tim WatsonHOST
Read it.
Garry LyonHOST
Very first book he wrote.
Tim WatsonHOST
I know where this is going.
Garry LyonHOST
And my mum, um, gave me this book when I was young called Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.
Tim WatsonHOST
Read it.
Garry LyonHOST
Very first book he wrote.
Nigel EvansSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I, I, I've known him for about, uh, 30-odd years.
Nigel EvansSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Um, I'm not a great fiction, uh, reader, Matt, but I saw him in central lobby and I went up to him, I said, uh, "Hey, Jeffrey, I've just, uh, read, uh, one of your books." He said, "Which one, Nigel?" I said, uh, "'Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.'" And I thought he'd be really pleased, and he turned to me and said, "What took you so long?"
Matt ChorleyHOST
[laughs]
Nigel EvansSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
[laughs]
SunilHOST
So enjoy the episode, hit subscribe, and we'll see you soon.
SunilHOST
We have with us Jeffrey Archer, as many of you will know, uh, an English novelist, a former politician, um, a novelist that whose books have sold over 320 million copies worldwide.
SunilHOST
Um, he's widely celebrated as one of England's greatest ever, uh, authors.
SunilHOST
Jeffrey, it's, it's an absolute honor to have you on our platform today.
SunilHOST
I wanna start with how, how have you been for the last, uh, year or so dealing with sort of COVID-19 lockdowns and, and all that sort of stuff?
Jeffrey ArcherGUEST
Well, the truth is I'm in a very privileged position because the job I do, telling stories, uh, lockdown is almost an advantage, so that in the 14 months of COVID, which has been a terrible 14 months, I have managed to write two books.
Jeffrey ArcherGUEST
Whereas I have a friend who owns an art gallery who hasn't had any customers coming through the door.
Jeffrey ArcherGUEST
I have a friend who owns a restaurant who's been closed for 14 months.
Stephen GrootesHOST
I think the first one came from the '60s.
Stephen GrootesHOST
They were called Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less.
Stephen GrootesHOST
Um, and then he went into politics, and along the way, it turned out that he was very good at one particular thing, and that thing was telling fibs, which is a very polite way of saying lying.
Stephen GrootesHOST
He let it be known, and I remember looking through some of the novels I'd grown up with, where he ran in the Olympics for Britain.
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