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Tony Blair: A Journey set to become biggest political memoir of all-time - Telegraph
Tony Blair's autobiography, A Journey, is set to become the biggest political memoir of all-time, according to Amazon.co.uk.

Pre-orders of the book have outstripped those for Lord Mandelson's memoir, The Third Man by 36 per cent.

Experts at Amazon claim it is set to overtake the former Business Secretary's sales figures once it is released on Wednesday.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 01:47:48 PM EST
Can't imagine who'd buy it

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 02:09:08 PM EST
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I don't want to pay for it but maybe I'd get it out of the library.  I want to see how he justifies everything...

Ad astra per aspera
by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 02:31:02 PM EST
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..and then be charged for damage to public property after you throw it into the fire in a fit of outrage.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:19:43 PM EST
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the next generation of weaselly, sanctimonious conmen, to whom he's a hero?

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 02:32:31 PM EST
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so that's five accounted for. Who are the others ?

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:21:06 PM EST
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How to publish the biggest political memoir of all time:

do 36% better than that wanker Mandelson.

I was going to say Ha ha ha but in the end I don't feel like it.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Aug 31st, 2010 at 03:27:28 PM EST
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On the other hand, the Süddeutsche says that no one is buying it in the stores
Es ist nicht verwunderlich, dass sich am Erscheinungstag von Tony Blairs Memoiren vor Englands Buchläden keine Schlangen bilden. Das Buch bietet wenig Neues: Er bedauert die Toten im Irak, kritisiert seinen Nachfolger Brown - und räumt ein Alkoholproblem ein.
But it probably won't break Gordon Brown's record of 32 copies sold
Ganz so schlecht wie das letzte Buch seines Nachfolgers dürften sich die Memoiren des britischen Ex-Premierministers Tony Blair sicherlich nicht verkaufen. Eine Sammlung von Reden und Essays, die Gordon Brown vor einem Jahr auf den Markt brachte, erzielte mit insgesamt 32 verkauften Exemplaren einen Guinnessbuch-verdächtigen Negativrekord. Aber zumindest am Erscheinungstag von Blairs Buch A Journey bildeten sich keine Schlangen von Käufern in den Buchgeschäften. Eine in einen Buchladen entsandte BBC-Reporterin beispielweise wartete stundenlang mutterseelenallein vor einem Regal mit dem 718 Seiten dicken Wälzer, ohne dass sich ein einziger Interessent dorthin verirrt hätte.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 09:47:44 AM EST
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gideon and george (gideonsaysyah) on Twitter
@kirstylogan booksellers can also brighten their day by leaving tony blair's book in the crime section and pointing customers there


Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Sep 1st, 2010 at 10:28:23 AM EST
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