From: garrett@Ingres.COM (TRUTH IS. BELIEF IS NOT REQUIRED.)
Subject: Re: Book Notes (NY Times, 1/27/93)
Summary: Oh Boy!  
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Date: 28 Jan 93 05:27:47 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.190054.12620@news.columbia.edu>, egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)    writes...
>_Newly unemployed Republicans start selling their memoirs._
> 
>Robert Barnett seems to have become the fashionable literary agent for
>alumni of hte departed Bush Administration.
>At about the same time, Mr. Barnett started
>representing Mary Matalin, the deputy manager of the Bush Presidential

"How to lose a campaign"

>Topping off the Barnett list of authorial politicians is former Vice
>President Dan Quayle, who has agreed to write his memoirs for
>HarperCollins, Mr. Barnett and William M. Shinker, publisher of the
>Harper Collins adult trade groups, said yesterday.  Mr. Shinker said
>Mr. Quayle would be working with a collaborator, who has not yet been
>selected. 

An "anonymous collaborator"? How come this sounds like Our Boy is about
to do something illegal?
> 
>_The Christian Market_
> 
>Cryptically describinng the terms of the contract, Mr. Shinker said
>that HarperCollins had acquired world rights, exclusive of film rights
>["Dan Quayle: The Movie"?  Guesses on who would play the title role?],
>and that "elements of the deal make it a seven-figure deal."  

Oh joy! Not only do we get the memoirs, but a MOVIE TOO! Who needs
fantasy, when you have reality like THIS? I believe that we need to
elect a starring cast. Any suggestions? (Mr. Ed is dead, live actors only)

>HarperCollins has used this strategy successfully with several
>other authors who the publisher believed could cross over between the
>Christian and mainstream markets.  Amont the successes were Tom
>Landry, the former coach of the Dallas Cowboys, and, most recenlty,
>Oliver North.  

How come I'm not surprised by North's name coming up?
> 
>"A regular trade publisher canot penetrate the Christian book market,"
>Mr. Shinker said.  "Christian booksellers are skeptical of books
>published by mainstream houses, even though, as in teh case of the
>Quayle book, they may have an appropriate message for their readers.

And what message is that? That an air-head, pretty-boy, rich-kid, who
can't spell, talk, or think can rise to be vice-president? That one
vegetable can make another vegetable a world-reknown joke? Just what
message can this be? Enquiring minds want to know.

>Given his client list, Mr. Barnett is a clear contender to represent
>the literary fortunes of Mr. Bush, who is said to be considering
>writing his own memoirs.

Oh bliss! Will the joys never end?
> 
>But Mr. Shinker said that even though he would be interested in Mr.
>Bush's memoirs, "the Quayle book is more interesting to me."
>"I think Dan Quayle has a unique perspective," he said.  "It's a more
>unconventional book." 

Can we say pop-up book?
> 
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