Andrew Marr's history book is pulped amid great mystery
Two years after it was published to great acclaim, Andrew Marr's bestseller A History of Modern Britain has been urgently recalled from bookshops amid great mystery.
"I am afraid I have agreed not to say a word about it," the amiable television presenter tells Mandrake.
Pan Macmillan has issued an "urgent" stock recall notice in which it said that shops needed to return all unsold copies immediately for unspecified "legal reasons".
I understand that the recall is because of a complaint by a "very well known" figure who objected to one "silly little phrase" in the book, which accompanied a BBC television series and has been published in both hardback and paperback editions.
"It's quite unbelievable," says my bookworm. "Because of one tiny phrase, which is hardly the world's biggest libel, a book which has already been been bought by 250,000 people has to be pulped. I've never known anything like it."
The publisher's notice said: "For legal reasons we need to immediately recall all unsold copies of A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr. I should be grateful if, by return, you would let me know how many unsold copies you have in your possession or control and return them immediately."
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"I am afraid I have agreed not to say a word about it," the amiable television presenter tells Mandrake.
Pan Macmillan has issued an "urgent" stock recall notice in which it said that shops needed to return all unsold copies immediately for unspecified "legal reasons".
I understand that the recall is because of a complaint by a "very well known" figure who objected to one "silly little phrase" in the book, which accompanied a BBC television series and has been published in both hardback and paperback editions.
"It's quite unbelievable," says my bookworm. "Because of one tiny phrase, which is hardly the world's biggest libel, a book which has already been been bought by 250,000 people has to be pulped. I've never known anything like it."
The publisher's notice said: "For legal reasons we need to immediately recall all unsold copies of A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr. I should be grateful if, by return, you would let me know how many unsold copies you have in your possession or control and return them immediately."