Tony Parsons on Fifty Shades of Grey and how it become the most successful book ever “This very morning a shell-shocked publisher told me that Fifty Shades of Grey was “the most successful book ever”. The records are being broken faster than a mummy porn bra strap. At the risk of sounding like the heroine in Fifty Shades – Holy hell! Oh, why has this thing got so big, Mr Grey, sir?Fifty Shades of Grey is a book that got everything right. Packaging. Timing. Controversy. The sequel’s already written and ready to be bought, to provide that reassuring DVD box set experience. Like Christian Grey himself on a moonlit night, Fifty Shades came at exactly the right moment. It looks lovely – the cover of Fifty Shades is a Giorgio Armani dream, all subtle hues of back, white and grey.” ~ And we all know the wisdom of never judging a book by its cover. Or marketing hype. Or being embraced by vanillas who think they’re walking on the wild side.

Tony Parsons on Fifty Shades of Grey and how it become the most successful book ever

“This very morning a shell-shocked publisher told me that Fifty Shades of Grey was “the most successful book ever”. The records are being broken faster than a mummy porn bra strap. At the risk of sounding like the heroine in Fifty Shades – Holy hell! Oh, why has this thing got so big, Mr Grey, sir?
Fifty Shades of Grey is a book that got everything right. Packaging. Timing. Controversy. The sequel’s already written and ready to be bought, to provide that reassuring DVD box set experience. Like Christian Grey himself on a moonlit night, Fifty Shades came at exactly the right moment. It looks lovely – the cover of Fifty Shades is a Giorgio Armani dream, all subtle hues of back, white and grey.”


~ And we all know the wisdom of never judging a book by its cover. Or marketing hype. Or being embraced by vanillas who think they’re walking on the wild side.

#50 shades of grey is crap
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