Summer is a good time to catch up on books you wish you'd read years ago. The good folks of Langley, Virginia, think so: The FBI has posted a slate of books it would like to purchase. On its wish list are 370 copies of The Looming Tower, 130 copies of The Koran, and 3 … Continue reading I Wish I Were Kidding
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Sneaky Peeks
If the White House was anti-book before (Vincent Bugliosi's The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder probably isn't in the Lincoln Bedroom, for example), this news isn't going to change any minds there. Curtis Sittenfeld's forthcoming novel American Wife is reportedly a very thinly veiled reimagining of goings-on in the White House's master bedroom. … Continue reading Sneaky Peeks
Fatwa… the New Marketing Tool
Brad Thor--who in my imaginings always refers to himself in the third person: "Brad Thor wanted his latte extra hot!"--has found a provocative way to promote his latest novel, The Last Patriot. In an interview with CNN's Glenn Beck (a transcript is here), he kinda sorta claims that a fatwa has been issued against him. … Continue reading Fatwa… the New Marketing Tool
Musings from Magers and Quinn 