Get ready for a double take when Sarah Palin’s book, “Sarah Palin: Going Rogue, An American Life,” hits book stores on Nov.17, predicts Grumpy Editor.
Two senior editors at The Nation are busy putting together a book with a copycat cover containing similar words, type style, layout and title, “Going Rouge: Sarah Palin, An American Nightmare.” It is slated to reach book stores also on Nov.17.
In other “coincidences,” covers of both the true and facsimile show color photos of the smiling former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate --- attired in red jackets --- looking off to her left, with clouds in the background.
However, two distinguishing characteristics of the imitation’s cover shot: A lightning bolt in the background strikes downward from dark clouds over her left shoulder, and Palin’s hair is up (while in the true version, the style is down).
Politico.com says the mocked book is the work of The Nation’s Richard Kim, a senior editor, and Betsy Reed, executive editor, along with contributions from 23 writers.
Work on the carbon-copy book started four weeks ago, notes Politico.
Getting the lookalike package together and to book store shelves in about 10 weeks, rather than months, is quite an achievement.
Too bad other books with timely issues aren’t produced in such record time.
The lookalike book’s description terms Palin “an American obsession that just won’t go away” and examines “the nightmarish prospect of her continuing to dominate the nation’s political scene.”
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