Hugo's book club? Chavez speech sparks sales for Chomsky

[tuvor]

CBC Arts

Author Noam Chomsky got an unexpected boost in sales after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez cited one of his books in a speech to the UN General Assembly.

At the start of his talk Wednesday, Chavez held up a book by Chomsky, Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance, and recommended it to everyone in the General Assembly, as well as to the American people.

"The people of the United States should read this ... instead of … watching Superman movies," the long-time critic of U.S. foreign policy later told reporters.

The unexpected promotion had a surprising effect on online bestseller lists.

http://www.cbc.ca/story/arts/national/2006/09/21/chavez-chomsky.html

[marmar]

1. Naturally, we have to rely on the Canadian Broadcasting Corp....

to provide us with news the U.S. media won't report...Sigh.

P.S. - It's a great book, BTW.

[johnfunk]

2. Hey, they stole the article title from this APJ fotoshop funny!