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The co-authored parody political narrative "You Can't Spell
America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story of My
Fantastic First Year As President," by Baldwin and real-life
novelist and radio host Kurt Andersen, is set to hit bookstores
on Nov. 7, the publisher said.
Viewer ratings have soared for "Saturday Night Live," NBC's
long-running weekly comedy sketch show, since Baldwin started
appearing as Trump in a series of skits mocking the billionaire
reality TV star turned politician in October.
The parodies, in which Baldwin portrays Trump as a dim-witted
commander-in-chief with a short attention span, an oversized-ego
and a Twitter addiction, have become an "SNL" staple, while also
drawing the real-life ire of the Republican president.
Trump criticized the NBC show in December, calling it "totally
unwatchable" and a "hit-job."
"He was elected because he was the most frank presidential
candidate in history, a man always eager to tell the unvarnished
truth about others' flaws as well as his own excellence,"
Penguin said of Trump in a statement announcing the parody
memoir. "Now that refreshingly compulsive ... candor is applied
to his time as leader of the free world."
The announcement came a day after the parent company, Penguin
Random House, announced it had clinched a deal to publish two
forthcoming books by former U.S. President Barack Obama and
former first lady Michelle Obama.
The terms of that agreement were not disclosed, but the
Financial Times reported it capped a heated auction for global
rights to the two books, with bidding that topped a record $60
million.
(Reporting by Piya Sinha-Roy; Editing by Steve Gorman and Paul
Tait)
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