The Guardian (4th September) featured two huge adverts for forthcoming books, from WH Smith and Waterstone’s. Both featured the autobiographies of that most interesting man Bill Oddie and someone called “Lorraine” who is so well known she needs no second name. I presume that is revealed in the book (“Between Me and You”, yuk) for those of us who were previously ignorant of her existence.
And Cliff Richard. This is Cliff Richard’s third autobiography. I’ve checked that for you on Wikipedia, to save you the trouble.
But why do they do it? Mad enough that both chains think Guardian readers are desperate for another Cliff Richard autobiography, but why does the more literary chain go head to head with Smiths over such drek? And lose too. You can find out everything you need to know about Cliff, until his next autobiography, for a tenner in Smiths but it will cost you £14 in Waterstone’s.
At least Waterstone’s holds back from featuring the autobiography of one of Thatcher’s children, which WH Smith thinks is right up Guardian readers’ street.
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