DeLillo, Amis, DeLillo, Amis: That’s all I’ve read about lately as everyone is so hung up on things like skilful and bold storytelling.
It’s easy to forget about the books of 2010 that will be utterly terrible. While 2009 was a tough time for pointless ghostwritten crap, this year promises to rebound with at least four titles sure to be clogging up many a reviewer’s inbox, whether requested or not. Oh, and all will arrive with a press release with the words HOTLY ANTICIPATED somewhere, in all caps.
Lauren Conrad, author and perfectionista.
Sweet Little Lies: An L.A. Candy Novel
By Lauren Conrad
February
The long-awaited second novel by the literary recluse and star of MTV’s The Hills. Conrad worked on this follow up to L.A. Candy for more than five months, inspiring wild speculation that she had gone mad in search of perfection.
Mitt Romney, author and non-apologist.
No Apology: The Case for American Greatness
By Mitt Romney
March
From Wikipedia: "The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which ‘people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it.’ The unskilled therefore suffer from illusory superiority, rating their own ability as above average, much higher than actuality; by contrast the highly skilled underrate their abilities, suffering from illusory inferiority."
Sarah Silverman, impossibly rich author.
The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee
By Sarah Silverman
April
A comedienne flush from the success of a now two-year-old viral video received a $2.5-million advance that is mathematically impossible for the publisher to ever recoup. It will make a funny gift for that recently laid-off friend who used to work in publishing.
Bill O'Reilly, author and libertine.
Untitled book on President Obama: though it will probably have a colon and an angry subtitle
By Bill O’Reilly
TBA 2010
Bill O’Reilly is a randy libertine (NSFW). He slips into incomprehensible rants and violent fantasies. He’s basically the William S. Burroughs of the right.
Watching O’Reilly “storm the reality studios” is always painful, no matter the medium. Just for fun I’m going to start the rumour that he’s using cut-up experiments to write his new book.
