Although it did not have great success after being released—selling fewer than three thousand copies in the United States during 1955 before going out of print—it soon went on to become a best-seller.
Nors iš pradžių didelės sėkmės nesulaukė (1955 metais JAV parduota mažiau nei 3000 kopijų), tačiau netrukus tapo bestseleriu.