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  • Pope John Paul II’s books top Amazon.com’s bestseller list. [NYDN]

  • The SF Chronicle predicts that Oh the Glory of It All, by “troubled rich kid” Sean Wilsey, will become the “juiciest gossip in years,” thanks to an excerpt in the current New Yorker. [SF Chronicle]
  • PW (sub req’d) reports that Ian McEwan’s readings have been drawing crowds of 500+. [PW]
  • Chistropher Reeve’s widow, Dana, signs with Ann Godoff at Penguin to write a memoir of her marriage with Reeve. [contactmusic.com]
  • The Times relays JSF and Malcolm Gladwell’s recent real estate dealings. [NY Times]
  • Alicia Keys settles her lawsuit with former agent Noah Lukeman, who brokered a deal for her with Bantam. Keys later “teamed up with a second agent … for a more lucrative deal elsewhere.” [KGET.com]
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