[ClearCase_guy]

Yup. He got paid. There was never any expectation that the book would sell. That was never the point.

[dinodino]

Exactly. This book was always expected to go straight to the bargain bin or furnace. The advance was the whole point.

[romanesq]

“He got paid. There was never any expectation that the book would sell. That was never the point.”

Right. Just another way to launder huge payoffs.

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Personally, I’d rather be governed by Dillinger or Capone rather than this criminal cabal we are subject to now.