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Everybody knows what a bestseller is. And many of you have probably read at least one in your
lifetime. Thanks to a radio host, Jean Shepherd, a book that wasn’t even written ended up on
a bestseller list. Here’s the story.
It all took place in 1955. At that time Shepherd was a host on a night radio program. One day,
he walked into a bookshop on Fifth Avenue, looking for a script of an old radio serial titled Vic
and Sade. But the shop assistant told him that it wasn’t on any publisher’s list which meant that
it didn’t exist. Shepherd tried to explain that it was published and wanted to order it but
the shop assistant ignored what he was saying. This annoyed Shepherd. On his next show,
he told his story and started to laugh at people who believed in silly lists. He gave an example
of bestseller lists. Such lists, he said, were unreliable because they were made by bored reporters
who called bookshops to find out what was selling. He was certain any book would get on
the list if lots of people asked for it at different bookshops.
And then he came up with an idea how to prove it. He asked his listeners to walk into bookstores
the next day and try to order a book that didn’t exist. With the help of his listeners he invented
the title and author of this book.
The next morning, hundreds of Shepherd’s listeners invaded bookstores in New York looking
for the book. Of course, the bookshops didn’t have it, so the listeners asked shop assistants to
order it. In the weeks that followed, thousands of Shepherd’s fans did the same at bookstores
around the United States. Soon the book made The New York Times bestseller list.
Listeners shared some of their hilarious stories on Shepherd’s nightly show. One woman told
him that she mentioned the book at a posh party and a well-known lawyer said he’d read it.
Another person, a college student, wrote a nine-page essay about the book and got a B+ from
his professor of literature with the note “Great research!”. The funniest for everybody, though,
was the story about a gossip reporter describing his lunch with the author who was passing
through town on his way to India.
The joke ended a couple of months later. One evening a listener called in and identified himself
as a reporter with the Wall Street Journal. He said he had been following the joke from
the beginning and suggested Shepherd should tell the truth about the book to everyone.
Shepherd agreed to meet him and the story was published in the papers the next day.
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6.1. Shepherd got irritated in the bookshop because the shop assistant
A. didn’t check the publisher’s list.
B. didn’t listen to Shepherd’s explanations.
C. asked too many questions about the script.
D. forgot to order the script Shepherd wanted to get.
6.2. What did Shepherd tell his listeners to do?
A. to read a certain book
B. to find and buy a copy of a book
C. to ask for a book that wasn’t published
D. to ask booksellers more questions about bestsellers
6.3. The story which Shepherd’s listeners enjoyed the most was about
A. a reporter personally meeting the author of the book.
B. a professor of literature writing an essay about the book.
C. a well-known lawyer discussing the book at a party.
D. a college student doing research about the book.
6.4. How did the joke finish?
A. Shepherd’s listeners decided they would tell the truth.
B. Shepherd contacted one of the booksellers and told him the story.
C. Shepherd agreed to tell the truth to a journalist.
D. Shepherd told the story to his boss.
6.5. Which is the best title for the text?
A. A JOKE THAT WENT WRONG
B. A POPULAR BOOK NOBODY READ
C. A RADIO HOST WRITING A BESTSELLER
D. A FAMOUS BOOK WORTH READING
PRZENIEŚ ROZWIĄZANIA NA KARTĘ ODPOWIEDZI!
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