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U.N. Speech Gives Boost to Chomsky Book
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Thursday, September 21, 2006
(09-21) 10:30 PDT NEW YORK, (AP) —
The U.N. address by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has had an unexpected
impact - on the best seller lists ofAmazon.com and Barnes &Noble.com.
At the start of his talk Wednesday, during which Chavez referred to
President Bush as “the devil,” Chavez held up a book by Noam 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 the
watching Superman movies,” Chavez later told reporters.
As of Thursday afternoon, “Hegemony or Survival,” originally published in
2003, had jumped into the top 10 of Amazon and Barnes &Noble.com.
Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, has ordered an additional
paperback printing of 25,000 copies.
Chomsky, the famed 77-year-old linguist, has long been an opponent of U.S.
foreign policy. His many books include “9-11,” a best-selling collection of
interviews, and “Failed States,” which came out last spring.
