VS Naipaul: Women Writers Suck
VS Naipaul is a winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, and is considered one of the greatest British writers of his generation. So he must be a smart guy, right? Sure, sure.
Crabby Old Book Agents Fight Over Trinidadian Nobel Laureate
Book agent fight! Book agent fight! Wily Andrew Wylie has stolen Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul away from his old partner and mentor, Gillon Aitken. The 76-year-old author was likely wooed astray with promises of more monies and better international representation.
Two Presidents, Three Books
• Former president George W. Bush has signed a deal with Crown to publish a memoir. Rumor has it he landed a $7 million advance for the book. [AP, NYP]
• For his part, Barack Obama has two books in the works with Crown. He plans to release an abridged, youth-oriented version of Dreams From My Father as well as write a…
Gossip roundup
· Pamela Anderson wanted to wear a hat bearing the Confederate flag to the Country Music Television awards. CMT vetoed it and asked her, "Do you know what the flag stands for?" [Page Six]
· Page Six writes that Wylie Dufresne's will debut his 70-seat "eclectic-American" place, WD-50 on the Lower East Side tonight.…
