Poor marketing was partly at fault an ad for the book taken out in the New York Times Book Review by its publisher, Viking, was so underexposed that the Times ran a black page but bad timing was the bigger culprit.

FORBES: A Meaningful Publisher

This cartoon appeared in last week's edition of the New York Times book review.

BBC: News | NEWSNIGHT | Jonathan Franzen interview transcript

The latter was cited by The New York Times Book Review as one of the most notable books of 1989.

CNN: Anchors & Reporters

They tended to be cynical, hilarious, and over-educated, with years of therapy and contemporary literature behind them, and I was afraid to mention that I was slipping off to church and singing about Jesus on Sundays instead of sleeping late, cooking brunch, and reading the New York Times Book Review as I'd been raised to do.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Take This Bread'

The book has received admiring reviews in the Times and (twice) in The New York Review of Books.

NEWYORKER: The Visionary

His e-book (which comes with video evidence) expands an article he wrote in the New York Review of Books in December.

ECONOMIST: The man who might have been president

The New York Observer is reporting that The Wall Street Journal is planning to launch a new pull-out book review section.

FORBES: Rupert Murdoch Hates The NYT, Part XIX: WSJ To Launch Book Review Section