People in D.C. got in 'Harry Potter-like queues' for the midnight release of Fire and Fury
After the publisher for Michael Wolff's new White House tell-all, Fire and Fury, pushed up the release date to Friday following a cease-and-desist letter from the president, people scrambled to get their hands on the book. Want to order it on Amazon? You're out of luck — the book is already in backorder as much as "one to two months."
In times like these, you need to turn to brick-and-mortar, which is just what D.C. residents did late Thursday night at the Dupont Circle independent bookstore Kramer's. "Midnight release of Fire and Fury draws dozens to Harry Potter-like queues," one local wrote.
On Friday, Wolff thanked Trump for making his exposé a bestseller. To anyone that has yet to get their hands on a copy — happy hunting. Jeva Lange
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.