Triggered, Donald Trump Jr`s #1 bestseller, under fire for inflating sales
(The Guardian Books News)

New polemic against `leftwing hate´ has topped US book chart, but there are indications its success was fed by bulk purchasesMore than 30 years ago, Donald Trump is reported to have ordered key staff to buy thousands of copies of The Art of the Deal to make it seem more popular than it was. Now his eldest son Donald Trump Junior has been accused of doing the same thing for his diatribe Triggered, after the New York Times bestseller list revealed its sales had been boosted by bulk purchases.Published on 5 November and dedicated by Trump Jr to `the deplorables`, Triggered topped the NYT´s non-fiction chart this week. But the newspaper has added a dagger beside the book to indicate that `some retailers report receiving bulk orders`. Continue reading...