From Ian Sansom's newsletter...
Dear friend/former friend/acquaintance/colleague/distant family member/reader/person who-once-signed-up-to-the-very-irregular-email list-and-never-heard-a-thing,
Sorry to bother you, but I thought you might like to know that the new Mobile Library book is about to be published. (Frankly, if I didn't tell you, it's unlikely news of it would reach you).
The Bad Book Affair tells the unlikely story of a Unionist politician trying to make a comeback after a scandal involving sex and money.
Actually, that's no longer unlikely - it's happening! In the next book I am going to predict the National Lottery winning numbers.
Anyway. Israel rides, grumpily, again. He's nearly 30. He is reading David Foster Wallace.
There are rumours of a BBC tv series based on the books. You'll be the first to know should it all work out.
Here is a link to Amazon. In the UK. Other retailers are available.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Book-Affair-Mobile-Library/dp/0007255934/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1263217270&sr=1-1
The book is published by Harper Collins, UK and USA. If you are German, Norwegian, Italian or Norwegian, translations are coming soon - but you could always buy the English version and use it as a parallel text.
There. That's all my publicity done for another year.
Belated New Year greetings.
I remain, etc.,
Ian Sansom
www.iansansom.net
6 comments:
Does Ian run a coffee shop in his spare time by any chance?
Great timing
I've been intrigued by Sansom for awhile now. If these are as funny as they seem they might be, I guess I'd better bump them up the list.
Now I get it. That £5,000 was to cover unpaid library fines.
Tony - Excellent timing, isn't it? No wonder there's TV company interest.
Seana - Do bump him up the list. I promise you won't regret it. I'm very much looking forward to The Bad Book Affair.
Blackwatertown - Hahaha! By God, I think you've nailed it.
Cheers
gb
Is this whole Robinsons' affair part of the publicity for the book? Effing brilliant!
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