"...every copy has a secret compartment in the spine that contains a full ounce of pure, uncut heroin. That alone makes the book a fantastic deal."
Yes, I imagine it would! It's also a better ploy than this classic:
BROOKE GLADSTONE:Could you tell us about the experiment you conducted a few years ago with the bestselling nonfiction books?
MICHAEL KINSLEY: Yeah. This was many years ago, and the leading bookstore in Washington was Olsson's. I went in there with some post-it notes, and I had someone else who did it, too, and we put them about three-quarters of the way through maybe 50 books - say, half a dozen titles, 10 each. And it said, "If you see this, call Mike Kinsley at The New Republic" - where I was then working - "and you'll get five dollars." And nobody called.
Give 'em what they want, Mike. On a slightly related note, how weird is this?
Afghan Warlord Loses A Round in N.Y. Court BY JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN - Staff Reporter of the Sun
April 10, 2008Investigators' promises to an Afghan warlord of safe passage in America will not protect him from facing trial in Manhattan on heroin charges next month, a federal judge ruled yesterday.
Bashir Noorzai, the leader of a 1 million-person tribe in southern Afghanistan, had traveled to New York voluntarily in 2005, aiming to gain an audience with American diplomats who could help him shore up his power in Afghanistan. The trip had been organized by employees of a shadowy and short-lived security company, Rosetta Research & Consulting LLC, that was seeking to help the federal government conduct investigative work in foreign countries. Contractors at the firm had courted Mr. Noorzai, believing at one point that the warlord had information to offer about Osama bin Laden, according to transcripts of conversations involving the contractors as well as an interview with a former government official.
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