A Publisher Plays Coy With Book Release (anonymously written, possibly about Bernard Madoff)

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Source: The New York Times

Over the last few days buyers for bookstores around the country have opened their e-mail to find a mysterious last-minute addition to the Little, Brown & Company fall lineup.

“Untitled,” by Anonymous, was described as a 320-page, nonfiction, hardcover book with photos that will retail at $26.99. Order the book now, the publisher said, to ensure delivery by its November release date.

It is, the e-mail said, “the inside story of life with one of the most controversial figures of our time.”

On Wednesday book buyers remained in the dark about the identity of the author or the “controversial” subject, and Little, Brown has given tantalizingly few clues.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/books/little-brown-offers-untitled-by-anonymous.html