The Un-Making of Modern Britain

Most authors fear that their book will bomb–bad reviews, ignored by all, low Amazon sales. But Andrew Marr, BBC reporter and author of The Making of Modern Britain, had something new to contend with. According to an Associated Press report, “Andrew Marr’s latest book is, literally, stopping traffic. Boxes containing 15 British tons worth of the journalist’s history volume The Making of Modern Britain have been strewn across a busy English road after an accident.”

Modern Britain lay in ruins. Luckily no one was hurt. The AP reported that police said, “a truck carrying books overturned about 40 miles west of London just before midnight on Tuesday. The driver suffered cuts to his arms, and the road was closed throughout the night as the books were cleared away.”

“The Making of Modern Britain” is described by its publisher as “a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century.”

According to the AP, Marr, “apologized to anyone who had been inconvenienced, and said he hoped the book was not ‘being taken off to be pulped.'”

Afraid the pulping has already happened, Andrew.