Eager
fans snap up copies of new 'Fifty Shades of Grey' novel
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[June 19, 2015]
By Patricia Reaney
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans
of British author E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey"
erotic trilogy clamored on Thursday to get the first
copies of her new book "Grey," a version of the first
novel told through the eyes of her famous male
character.
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At Barnes & Noble bookstore in Manhattan, where James was
appearing at a book signing on Thursday, the line stretched
around the block.
"Grey" was the highest Kindle pre-order book of the year on
Amazon.com when it was released as an ebook at midnight and was
expected to be an instant bestseller.
Publisher Vintage Books, a division of Knopf Doubleday
Publishing Group, supplied a million copies of the novel to
bookstores.
The trilogy sold more than 125 million copies worldwide and was
published in 52 languages.
James, who dedicated the novel to fans who asked for a book told
from the perspective of billionaire Christian Grey, said it was
not difficult to write.
"I thought it would be hard but once I found his voice it was
actually quite easy. Like any man, he is not observant, at all,"
she said in an interview on the "Today" early morning news show.
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In the novel, James gets into the mind of the handsome
27-year-old business tycoon with a penchant for kinky sex, who
introduces naive college student Anastasia Steele to
sadomasochism and bondage.
The novels have been dubbed "mommy porn" for the fantasy they
provide for their millions of fans.
Early reviews of "Grey" say the book holds nothing back in
revealing Grey's deepest desires and secrets.
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"While action-hungry fans will be thrilled by the more graphic sex
scenes, romance lovers will finally get the answers they've been
craving," said Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper.
Adrian Liang, senior book editor at Amazon.com, found the second
half of the novel, when Grey gets into his emotional problems, the
most engaging.
"I think this is a stronger book because Christian is a more complex
character," she said in an interview. "I think E.L. James has
definitely rose to the challenge of writing a more complex story and
her writing style has improved quite a bit since the first book."
"Fifty Shades of Grey" was turned into an R-rated film by Comcast
Corp-owned Universal Pictures starring Dakota Johnson and Jamie
Dornan, grossing more than $500 million at the global box office
since its February release.
Film adaptations of the second and third books are planned.
(Editing by Chris Reese and Jonathan Oatis)
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