People trust it.
After a remarkable 63 printings, Frank McCourt's Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir boasts 2.25 million copies in print. As things turned out, McCourt's tour became a whirlwind affair - and is still going on. Rarely if ever in publishing annals has a writer been such an overwhelmingly factor in the marketing of his own book. In 1997, McCourt traveled to 13 states and 6 countries and has made more than 220 appearances. You Can't Be Home Again.