Reaching For The Fifteenth And A Half Minute Of Fame

November 20, 2008 by Frank Gannon | Filed Under American Politics, Election 2008 

Joe the Plumber has signed a book deal. The book is clearly intended to be a serious literary effort — as indicated by the currently requisite colon in its title: Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream

Having written off, so to speak, the option of dealing with one of the big publishers, the book will be the second tome from a fledgling Texas outfit called PearlGate.

The author told The New York Times that he could have gone with a larger publisher, “But they don’t need help. They are already rich. So that’s spreading the wealth to me.”

As New York Magazine’s‘ “Daily Intel” blog notes, “The book will be published December 1, an amazingly quick turnaround time, which indicates that probably Joe the Plumber doesn’t have a problem spreading the wealth to China, either.”

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