Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Meet Prince Harry, today's greeter at the West Towne Barnes and Noble in Madison WI

 
Photos by Retiring Guy

He's also given prime real estate in the "New Nonfiction" section



Has all the good stuff, the juiciest tidbits, already been leaked?

New York Times, 1/9/2023
Now comes the prince’s multimillion-dollar ghostwritten memoir, “Spare.” Set for release Tuesday, it has been leaking out over the last few days, one eye-popping detail after the next. (The book mistakenly appeared in stores early in Spain, and was snapped up and translated by alert members of the British news media, injecting an element of chaos into the publisher’s rollout.) 
Harry and Meghan still have many sympathizers, particularly those who see the couple’s grievances through the lens of the racism Meghan encountered in Britain and who say that she — and Harry, once he married her — never stood a chance in such a stultified, reactionary institution as the monarchy. 
But something has changed, judging from the response so far. Even in the United States, which has a soft spot for royals in exile and a generally higher tolerance than Britain does for redemptive stories about overcoming trauma and family dysfunction, there is a sense that there are only so many revelations the public can stomach.

Graduates of Evelyn Wood's speed reading courses are already weighing in on Amazon.


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