My signing rate is bigger than yours

My signing rate is bigger than yours

Jul 21 2008

The Guardian reports on the modest feud between Salman Rushdie and Malcolm Gluck. Rushdie recently claimed to have signed 1,000 copies of The Enchantress of Florence in 57 minutes (full signatures, not just initials), breaking the previous book signing record held by Malcolm Gluck -1,001 copies in 59 minutes.

Apparently, on hearing of this feat, Gluck questioned the truthfulness of Rushdie's claim. Responding in the Guardian Rushdie writes, "I understand that Mr Gluck may be miffed that his own accomplishment has been equalled or bettered. That does not entitle him to accuse another writer of untruthfulness, without a shred of evidence to support the accusation. And, if memory serves, I actually signed the 1,000 books in Nashville in 57 minutes as against his 1,001 in 59, so his record is toast."

To which Malcolm Gluck responded, "Well, if that's true, I'm humbled .... I'm delighted to learn of Salman's achievement. I think it's very funny actually, it's like men boasting about the size of their sexual equipment, it's got nothing to do with any other aspect of their personality. I doubt there will be any women going for this record, this is just such a male thing."

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