Maltese among top buyers of 50 Shades of Grey trilogy
Malta ranks second highest in number of ‘50 Shades of Grey’ erotic novels purchases off online book shopping site BookDepository.
6 January 2013, 12:00am
Nestor Laiviera
Nestor Laiviera
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50 Shades of Grey: the book which can be found in most Maltese households.
Weekly newspaper Illum reports that the Maltese have ranked second-highest when it comes to the number of copies of the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy purchased off the popular online book shopping website BookDepository.com.
The erotic trilogy, dubbed 'mommy-porn' by critics and penned by Twilight fan E.L. James, has achieved world-wide popularity, as well as notoriety, for its sexual romps and mild debauchery.
In its book-buying trends recap for 2012, the online shopping site BookDepository unveiled which countries bought the greatest number of books of the titilating trilogy.
While Ireland ranked first, Malta came a close second, followed by Australia.
Read the full report in Sunday's issue of Illum.
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The report also shows that the heavy buyers of this trilogy are found in a cluster around Bidnija.
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Well curiosity is our National Passtime!
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Fascinating information. I can imagine a whole bevy of new literary nanny buffs discussing this masterpiece in our various cafe society must be seen in spots.Is this the Maltese answer to Virginia's Woolf Bloomsbury group?
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Fascinating information. I can imagin
