As previously mentioned, it seems Charlie Gasparino has some (cheapskate) fans in New Canaan, who lined up to get their hands on his new book, Up In Smoke, the second it was available at their local library. Now our attention has been directed to the fact that he’s got some rabid followers in Greenwich: every copy of his tome has been checked out or reserved in the last 24 hours. Now, obviously, we wouldn’t dare suggest that the entire state of Connecticut wasn’t waiting with bated breath to read (but not pay for) the definitive book on the crisis. But does this not seem a bit suspect? Clearly if a certain hedge fund manager wanted to keep this from his people, he’d simply have his air force bomb the libraries. But I’m not yet convinced something isn’t up. In related news sure to chap some NYT hide, our New Canaan librarian correspondent informs us of number of copies ordered for the various financial crisis titles:
The Sellout/ Charles Gasparino= 16
House of Cards/ William Cohen = 8
Street Fighters/ Kate Kelly = 1
Colossal Failure / Lawrence McDonald = 2
Too Big To Fail / Sorkin = 2
Charlie gets a blumpkin at every book signing. I’m serious.
Seriuosly.
Gasparino is a shitheel.
Sorkin = too big to read.
Fuck, it never occurred to lock down a copy at the library.
Fucking CT cheapskates
Every copy checked out or reserved is the new #1 on the bestseller list.
WTF is “baited breath?” Please use “bated breath” next time you use the phrase, as it is utmost importance to keep this site at the highest level of sophistication.
Baited Breath = what happens to you after you go down on Melissa Lee
You forgot my book on the crisis. “You’ve Got to Be Shitting Me!” (Vanity, 365 pages, $42.00)
~L. Dykstra
Cardboard Box, NY
Baited breath = what Dennis Kneale uses to attract his four-legged lovers.
@8 – I thought you just got Kimchee stuck in your teeth . . .
I think the answer is straightforward: Nobody is going to pay to read this, so demand at the library is bound to be high.
12=ARS
@9 – Very, very nice.
When does Matt Nesto’s book come out?
I am puttin’ da entire state of Connecticut on notice dat I am entitled to 50% of da proceeds on any late fees.
I just know dose Connecticut bastids will wanna read my book twice, since it is packed wit my insights and market tips. My book is not a fuckin’ fast read, unlike some of my competitors’ tomes.
-cg
“Baited breath” = Chaz after eating several pounds of scungilli.
All those books are merely pages of their authors’ meaningless, self-serving, self-promoting, bullshit.
They mean nothing, and they teach nothing. No answers. No hard punches.
TGFD won’t pay 50 cents apiece for hardback versions of them when they start to show up in a few weeks at the church’s weekly used-book sale.
They’re not worth the space they would take up in TGFD’s library.
The Guy from Delaware
TGFD, have we made sex with each other before, amongst the dunes of Rehoboth beach?
I’m going to wait for the movie.
Guest@#19…
Possibly, but only if your name is Carol or Evangeline.
The Guy from Delaware
@20 – who would be cast as Chaz?
Liotta?
Stallone?
Ferrigno?
The Jabroni Pony himself?
WHO?
TGFD is a friend-a-mine.
-cg
@22 Ferrigno, for sure.
enough with the chaz lovefest…bessy, I love you like my long lost jewish sister, but just because no sleeves is willing to lick your sugar walls doesn’t mean we want to read about him all day everyday.
@22…the guy who played Furio on the Sopranos would be best.
I’d go with an offbeat pick for who should play Chaz. I think the Ferrigno and Stallone suggestions are excellent, given their grunting abilities and expert understanding of the financial markets, but I’m going to go with Steve Buscemi:
http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2007/05/pink%20buscemi.jpg
@22 Vin Diesel wearing a toupee.
Is the Sellout an autobiography?
Paul Reubens as ARS.
http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20000647_1,00.html
The only way they let people like Gasparino into Greenwich is if they are delivering pizzas.
Obviously, there is a direct correlation in the number of books sold and how much they can bench press…. just sayin’
-CG
@32 agreed!
-A.I.G. quant
@31 has never been to Greenwich
@25 On the contrary, I never tire of reading of CG. And Bess has done a commendable job of plugging this thing for the last few months, even if it generates page views second only to Dupre. It’s nice when loyalty and self-interest go hand in hand. Nevertheless, I will not buy this book.
@34 make mine a large with extra cheese.
I too would love the pleasure of enjoying Bess’s sugar walls.
Bork Bork
Gasparino has an egged shaped unit. – D Kneale.
Gasparino is a friend of mine.
Chaz G
I was thinking Christopher on Sopranos.
@ TGFD #18
I’m not a big fan of these books either. But in a few weeks can I repost the idiocy there when these books are still very expensive and making them asstons of cash?
Anything to point out your overexaggeration, blovation, and ignorance.
The reputation of CG’s book is expanding faster than the universe
THE title of CRAMER’s NEW BOOK is:
Being A Lunatic Is The New Killing It.
@25: speak for yourself
–CG
Guest@#41…
Please do repost my #18 in a few weeks, but please realize also…
Many, very recent books by well-known authors always appear at our church’s weekly used-book sale. Members buy the latest books, read them, and then take them to the church. It happens all the time.
These pieces-of-shit books will be there too. Have no doubt about that. 50 cents for hardcover, 25 cents for paperbacks. The books are there to encourage people to read more, not really to make money.
Remember also, TGFD’s trailer is sitting in Delaware’s “Chateau Country” where all the big-shot, rich bastards also live. You know, all of Wilmington’s Financial Center elite. Lot of banks and law firms here, you know.
We all go to the same church; socialize sometimes too.
The books will be there; trust TGFD.
The Guy from Delaware
Mark Klein, MD is my God!