"Lovely Bones" amazed the entire North American book market upon its release, with panic lines in bookstores around the world, various discussions in newspapers and television, and recommendations from almost all book clubs, making its sales skyrocket, rising on the bestseller lists, and heading straight for phenomenal books. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Boulder Random continued to increase the publicity budget for this reason, newspapers, magazines, television, and even subway stations could be seen everywhere advertising the book, and Stanley was busy organizing book clubs all over the United States and contacting large book clubs to make recommendations.

The production of a best-selling book has its accident and inevitability, and a clever writer and a powerful publishing company can even join forces to package a bestseller, but the emergence of a phenomenal book requires many factors, which no one can predict, even with the strength of Boulder Random Publishing Company, it is difficult to seize the opportunity.

That's why they go out of their way to promote the book.

"Lovely Bones" has sparked a variety of discussions about family, family, crime, and juvenile protection, and with Lance's cooperation, the book is full of topics.

At the same time as the discussion is triggered, the original author of the book is inevitably mentioned.

Xu An.

A mysterious writer who doesn't know his age, doesn't know men and women, the more mysterious he is, the more curious people are, and everyone is speculating about him, or what kind of author she is.

In particular, some readers who have had special experiences, many of whom want to see this author with their own eyes and express their gratitude in person.

And the authors who have been constantly stepping down the bestseller list by "Lovely Bones" also want to know where this is their peers who came from.

It's a pity that Xu An is like playing hide and seek with everyone, hiding in a place that no one can imagine, and the only agent who can contact him, Lance, refuses to disclose any relevant information.

Some people speculate that Lance is the author himself, Xu An is just his pen name, and some people say that the author has experienced a tragedy in his life, and he is unrecognizable and unable to see people at all, and some newspapers even speculate that Lance deliberately blocked the author behind the scenes in order to improve his fame......

As the sales of "Lovely Bones" continued to climb, there was more and more speculation about the author, and it slowly became a topic that was often brought up, and even the hosts of some TV shows would make fun of it.

THIS SPECULATION REACHED ITS PEAK A WEEK AFTER THE RELEASE OF "LOVELY BONES", BECAUSE THE NEW ISSUE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST TOPPED THE LIST WITH THE WORDS "THE-LOVELY-BONES"!

Aside from some long-established best-selling authors or celebrities from all walks of life, this is the fastest book to reach the top of the New York Times bestseller list among new authors.

One week!

The media response was a little slower, but there was an uproar on the Internet, and almost all the reading forums were discussing the book: "This is a rare good book, and it deserves the position of champion!" ”

"I highly recommend everyone to read this book, it has the magic to move people to tears, congratulations to Bones, congratulations to the author."

"I want to say, why is such a good book not available in hardcover? I'm going to buy it back and collect it, and I'm going to let my kids read it. ”

"I don't know what to say, naïve, disgusting, using homicide cases to hype and make profits!"

"Upstairs is the real disgusting people, I'm sure ......"

Throughout, the book has received high reviews, almost everyone applauds it, and of course it is inevitable that some people will hack it for various reasons, but these negative reviews are like a wave in the ocean and don't matter at all.

It was in such an atmosphere that Friday's Washington Post dropped a bomb on everyone, causing the already fiery discussion to erupt all at once.

The front page of The Washington Post was given to the President of the United States and the World Climate Conference he was attending, and the second page was given to "Lovely Bones," or rather to its author, Xu An.

And it's a full page!

Best-selling author, or murderer? 》

The writer of the news is Andrew, a guy who is unknown in the world of journalism, a guy that no one knows at all except his former colleagues.

"Recently, the publishing world has been detonated by a novel called 'Lovely Bones', and everyone is talking about it, some people think it's full of warmth, others think it's childish and hypocritical......

Here, we have to mention the serial murder case in New York a month ago, the family of the victim of the case, Lance, frequently appeared in major media for this book, which makes people sigh, which makes people wonder, is there any exchange of interests between Lance and this author? Could it be that the agent's commission alone allows him to constantly use his deceased wife and daughter to win attention for himself......

The most important thing is the author of this book, countless people are speculating about what kind of person the author is, and some people are even deeply moved by this book and want to thank him in person, for which I have to warn these readers, I am afraid that you are going to be disappointed......

Xu An, a Chinese-American, was once a top student at Columbia University, a former intern at the New York Times, and now a criminal, a prisoner!

That's right, a criminal, a criminal who deliberately hurts people!

This young man is a bit arrogant, relying on his status as a graduate student of the Columbia School of Journalism, he has always looked down on his colleagues, especially those who graduated from ordinary universities, and he is so ambitious in his work, and he is always full of complaints about some basic work, which makes people feel that he can't wait to sit directly in the position of editor-in-chief......

A young man full of talent will always have this or that little problem, everyone understands it, but no one expected that he would hold a grudge against his supervisor and end up punching and kicking him......

Broken nose bone, tooth loss, and moderate concussion!

He attacked his supervisor as if he were facing an enemy with a deep hatred, and the cause of the incident was only a small misunderstanding, and he didn't even give his supervisor any chance to explain......

We don't know what the story is in such an arrogant, undestructive, and violent young man who wrote a novel about family and love, and became a bestseller, but at least I have to advise the excited reader that there is always a gap between the ideal and the reality, and you may have seen a good fiction, but that doesn't mean that its author will be as ...... as you think."

As soon as the news came out, it caused a sensation in the United States.

The article is very cleverly written, full of speculation and inducing remarks, but without a single substance, what is the exchange of interests between Lance and the author? How did the arrogant and violent author write this novel?

It's only responsible for asking questions, but not for answering!

At the same time, he portrayed Xu An as an arrogant, rude, disobedient and disrespectful young man who was full of violence.