Yesterday’s NYT page one explained that the late Joseph Fuoco–the source behind two important accounts in Charles Pellegrino’s recently-published THE LAST TRAIN FROM HIROSHIMA–is apparently an “impostor.” Fuoco, and in turn the book, claimed to be a last-minute substitute on a plan that accompanied the Enola Gay on its famous bombing run over Hiroshima. He said there was a “secret accident” with the bomb that caused radiation poisoning and reduced the bomb’s power. Pellegrino “now concedes that he was probably duped. In an interview on Friday, he said he would rewrite sections of the book for paperback and foreign editions. […]
New Releases/Forthcoming
Rice's Book Announced for October
Condoleezza Rice’s book Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family has been set for an October 12 release by Crown, accompanied by ebook and audio versions, along with a young adult version from Delacorte. Rice says, “After I left Washington, it seemed important to write about how my very special parents, my extended family, and so many mentors shaped me for the challenges that lay ahead. I decided that was the story I wanted to tell first.” Separately, St. Martin’s has moved up the release date of Andrew Young’s tell-all about former boss John Edwards, THE POLITICIAN, to January 30.
Debuts to Watch
The Telegraph has a nice list of debut novels in the UK market scheduled for publication in the first half of the year. These titles have been announced for US publication this year as well: The Privileges, Jonathan Dee Rupture, Simon Lelic Serious Men, Manu Joseph Ruby’s Spoon, Anna Lawrence Pietroni These three have no announced US sale or publisher yet that we could find: This Bleeding City, Alex Preston Children of the Sun, Max Schaefer Still Point, by Amy Sackville These two are coming in the US, but later: Cross Country Murder Song, Philip Wilding (Vintage has rights)Tiger Hills, […]
Kitty Kelley Oprah Bio Set for April 13
Crown will release Kitty Kelley’s 544-page OPRAH: A Biography in a promised “first printing in excess of a half-million copies.” The North American laydown will include a simultaneous ebook edition, along with an audio release. Crown says Kelley had 850 interviews with sources for the book, “many of whom have never before spoken for publication about Winfrey.”
Twilight Graphic Novel Set for March
Hachette Book Group’s Yen Press has announced a March 16 pub date and a 350,000-copy first printing for their first installment of the graphic novel version of Stephenie Meyer’s TWILIGHT. “As is typical in graphic novel publishing, due to the length of the prose novel, the book will be divided into two volumes and the release date for the second volume is forthcoming.” Illustrations are by Korean artist Young Kim.
10 Great Forthcoming Books for 2010
The Boston Herald assembles this list from “publishing experts,” with lots of quotes fom Amazon senior books editor Brad Parsons and a few from Jon Strymish, buyer/manager at New England Mobile Book Fair: 1. War, by Sebastian Junger2. Union Atlantic, by Adam Haslett3. Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War, by Karl Marlantes4. The Postmistress, by Sarah Blake5. The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, by Michael Lewis6. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith7. The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrow8. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson9. Walking to Gatlinburg: A […]