![]() ![]() An informal Twitter poll by journalist Siddhartha Mitter revealed that of the 1,440 users who were voluntarily polled, just under half reported that the book was being shared in their WhatsApp circles 16 percent said the book was being shared by other methods. Wikileaks posted a pirated copy of the book (though it has since been removed), and PDF versions have made their way across more than a dozen countries via the messenger application WhatsApp. And while hard copies of the book have been more difficult to come by due to high demand, illicit versions have started making the rounds online. Stories of the book’s release have been featured around the world, with headlines in Arabic, French, and Spanish dedicated to the revelations inside it. “The commentary in American publications about it, the way it has sort of driven the media narrative, is apparent to audiences far beyond Washington.” and Americas project at the London-based Chatham House, told me. ![]() “Given how central the story of Trump’s administration has been to the political conversation-certainly in the West and definitely beyond that as well-I think it’s fair to say that this book is getting a wide hearing ,” Jacob Parakilas, the deputy head of the U.S. But some overseas observers speculate it would have done just as well without the dramatic prelude. The efforts to keep Fire and Fury off the shelves and its earlier-than-scheduled release have both contributed to its early success. “Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book,” Trump said of the book’s author, whose exposé he said was “full of lies, misrepresentations, and sources that don’t exist.” The White House, in a separate statement, called the book “trashy tabloid fiction.” It’s not often a publisher is called on to cease and desist publication of a book, and it’s even rarer for such a demand to come from one of the most powerful leaders in the world. While the Trump administration tried to undermine the book’s release, even seeking to block its publication, these efforts only appeared to draw more attention to it. Meanwhile, Fire and Fury has also topped Amazon’s bestseller charts in Australia, Canada, and Germany. “ Fire and Fury has generated a level of interest that we haven’t seen in a political title in quite some time,” Sandra Taylor, the head of PR and events for the London-based book retailer Waterstones, told me, adding that the title “is set out to be the biggest political book of the year.” That’s no small prediction for a country that’s facing its own set of political challenges. In Singapore, some bookstores ran out of copies less than 24 hours after it was released. ![]() The book’s international popularity mirrored its U.S.-based reception. ![]()
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