You couldn't make it up dept. no.92: a model of fatherhood

[fpb]

Yesterday was Father's Day. Obviously, stores had promotions for Father's Day gifts. A Tesco store in Leighton Buzzard and a WHSmith store somewhere both chose a biography of Joseph Fritzl.

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[kikei.livejournal.com]

I can only hope it was a mix up because even as a joke that's awful.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

That was the story from both shops. To me, it just confirms that mass book retailers don't know their own product.

[kikei.livejournal.com]

But... but... it's Fritzl! you'd have had to have been living under a pretty massive rock not to have heard about it. Didn't the name strike a bell with anyone? I mean, the book must have passed through so many different people on its way to actually being stocked on the shelf, surely... at least one of them could have noticed?

grah!

[fpb.livejournal.com]

The decision was probably made by some overworked, underpaid deputy manager who just looked at what was selling at the time in the "fiction" and "non-fiction" categories. And these are chain stores. Tesco is a general store, selling mostly food, groceries and household articles; WHSmith's specializes in stationery. To both, books are a minor product.

[sanscouronne.livejournal.com]

I think it is sad that there is even a biography of Joseph Fritzl. :(

[fpb.livejournal.com]

Well, "true crime" has always sold. And you may be sure that it did not glorify the swine.