Why you should buy my book

Observant readers might have spotted a subtle plug for my book. Here are a few reasons why you should buy it:
1. It's not too long. It obeys Mahalanobis' rule, that books should be less than 300 pages.
2. You can read it as a toilet book, dipping in from time to time - though it also has a coherent linear narrative if you like a beginning, middle and end in that order.
3. There's almost no explicit class hatred; I've hidden the "chippiness."
4. There aren't that many references to Foucault or Feyerabend.
5. A former Chancellor is referred to only as Nigella's dad.
6. Surely, you want my book to outsell this, don't you?
7. The only reference to John Prescott's knob is in the first paragraph.
8. If it sells well, it'll show that blogging can be a platform for writers to enter the dead tree industry.
9. Who can dislike a book which quotes John Stuart Mill and the Blue Sky Boys on the same page?
10. There are no equations, except in the footnotes.
11. It's not mainly an anti-managerialist rant. It's packed with facts, some of them correct.
12. It's not too bad, if you like that sort of thing.

Comments

[Shuggy]

If it sells well, it'll show that blogging can be a platform for writers to enter the dead tree industry.

Eh? You *already* work for the dead tree industry. Or does the Investor's Chronicle not count?

P.S. We love you. Can we have free signed copies?

[Sunny]

That picture of Nigella has convinced me. Its in my Amazon cart now.

[pseudonymous]

"It's packed with facts, some of them correct."

Reassuring words to hear from the author.

[Devil's Kitchen]

Alright, alright, I've bought the damn thing. If it doesn't make me want to retire to the loo to read it I'm demanding my money back...

DK

[Amir]

I already own a copy.

So far as I can tell, James Burnham is an obvious and pervasive influence.

Nonetheless, I still reckon that your views on mass immigration are complete and utter fatuous bollocks. Britain's multicultural chickens will come home to roost at some point... just you wait.

Besides that, I agree with almost everything you have to say. Well done. Keep up the good work.

[Amir]

Just to let you know: I was the author of Oliver Kamm's pseudo-Chomsky spoof on Pickled Politics, which was just recently cited on Unity's thought-provoking blog.

Fame at last!

FAME I TELL YOU!

[Igor Belanov]

Amir, are you marketing yourself as the 21st century Enoch Powell?

[Thom]

Hidden the chippiness? Bollocks to that then...

[Surreptitious Evil]

Followed your link in point 6. Then had a horrible thought. The "New and Used Link".
Used copies of that book. I can feel bits of my brain shutting down in horror as I type.

S-E

[sanbikinoraion]

But it's £16 for a book that you've just admitted is less than 300 pages. I'd like to read it, but that's just too much money for a thin book. I'll wait until they are cheap on Amazon Marketplace, or Amazon themselves cut the price. I *might* pay a tenner for it.

[Justin]

Good luck with the book, Chris. Mine sold even less than David Blunkett's memoirs which stings a bit. I'm sure yours will do much better.

[johnny503]

I like gratuitous Nigella's. I have one myself. More please.

[Amir]

@Igor,

["Amir, are you marketing yourself as the 21st century Enoch Powell?"]

Boy, I haven't heard that one before! Judging by your superior wit and Pryor-like intellect, I can only conclude that you’re marketing yourself on a 21st century Bill Hicks…? How can I compete?

For your information: I don’t “market” myself on anyone or anything. If I had to name one politician that represents my political and moral pedigree, I would name either Nicolas Sarkozy or Senator Ron Paul. I dislike large-scale immigration because it’s a cruel and callous denial of indigenous settlement: a despicable and unnecessary intrusion into the close-knit communities of working-class men and women. Be that as it may, I do not see how depriving Third World countries of their most productive workforce can be called “global justice.” The economic case for mass migration is EASILY refuted by Anthony Browne in an award-winning pamphlet for the Civitas think-tank. (It is, furthermore, a useful antidote to Philippe Legrain’s unscholarly contribution to the same debate.)

http://www.civitas.org.uk/pdf/cs23.pdf

Add this page to your favourites list. So next time you want to mock me about my rational dislike of mass migration, at least have the courtesy to consult the evidence.

Amir

[Chris Williams]

No class hatred? I'll wait for the remainders.

[Alex]

The economic case for mass migration is EASILY refuted by Anthony Browne...

Yes, we've got immigrants pouring into the country and he still has a job.

[Jim Denham]

Is it a real book, or just a post-modern, pretend-book? A pretend-book based upon Nigella Lawson and James Burnham...that would be good, though, wouldn't it..?

[Neil Murphy]

She's got nice boobs hasn't she? I expect the book must be good to because of its association with her.....

[Amir]

@Neil Murphy

"She's got nice boobs hasn't she?"

To be lucky with women - especially big-boobed women - is to be lucky tout court. Chris Dillow's advertising techniques are shallow and misogynist, but that's what I love about Chris and Stumbling and Mumbling. His paean to the female anatomy is beyond praise.

[Neil Harding]

I've got a confession to make, I don't buy things off the internet. Will this book be available in Waterstones etc? I like to flick the pages before I buy.