Last month, 76 book clubs read my debut novel, The Year of the Gadfly, and I visited all of them. I was attempting to set the Official World Record for the Most Book Clubs Visited by An Author in One Month, which is another way of saying I was attempting to get whatever attention I could for a book I spent seven years writing. Book clubs are in high demand by publishers; they're just about the only group of people left who reliably buy books. I knew I'd have to do something ridiculous to get their attention. Like speaking to 2.48 clubs a day for 31 days straight.
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