Book News
by Marshall, March 12, 2008 11:56 AM
- Cock-a-doodle-ouch!: Today is Round 4 of the 2008 Tournament of Books, and lets just say our judge, Jessica Francis Kane, um... doesn't love either book.
I will call today's face-off the Book I Hated the Least round, as it slams both Jonathan Lethem's You Don't Love Me Yet and Stephen L. Carter's New England White straight to the mat. Kane writes: ...I will choose a winner of this round even though I didn’t care for either book.... So, two disappointing novels but the Rooster must go on! For me it comes down to this: I will read what Lethem writes next. I would not encourage Carter to write another work of fiction. Er, ouch? Although I know I have played spoiler here, read Kane's reasoning and vote on her results here. - Book News: Client-9 Edition: In the wake of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer's recent sex scandal, books related to the topic have been springing up like mushrooms after a rainfall. For example, this week the Today Show has paraded a string of authors with mild to moderate expertise on the subjects of prostitution, infidelity, sex education, marriage, and public life.
Wanna know what's it's like to be the Governor's wife when he cheats on you? Why, Dina McGreevey's written a book about it!
How about what it's like to be a Madam with a stable of very exclusive, high priced call girls? Or what about the perspective of the call girl herself? Well, Natalie McLennan, former call-girl and autobiographical author of a 1995 article in New York Magazine came on to the show to talk about the subject and , you got it, also announce that she is... wait for it... writing a book about it! She is writing a memoir with a working title of The Price about her experiences during the year that she worked for the agency. It is scheduled for fall release by Phoenix Books. I'm writing a book about the life of a person who likes to read about high-priced call girls and my sister's writing a book about being the sibling of a person who likes to read about high-priced call girls. My boss is writing a book that tells the tale of a person who unknowingly employs a person who likes to read about high priced call girls. Now if we can just get the books finished before this scandal fades away...
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