Liz Truss manages to shift just 2,228 copies of her book
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Former PM’s first-week sales compare with 21,000 for David Cameron’s memoir and 92,000 for Tony Blair bookLiz Truss’s book about her 49-day stint as prime minister sold 2,228 copies in the UK during its first week on sale, after a wall-to-wall promotional media blitz.Ten Years to Save the West: Lessons from the Only Conservative in the Room, combines an account of Truss’s time in office with a call to arms for the political right. Continue reading
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‘Five-year-old on acid’: Liz Truss’s Ten Years to Save the West, digested by John Crace
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