Thursday, August 1, 2013

Publishing: "Guantanamo prisoners clamor for 'Fifty Shades of Grey'"

From Reuters:

The "Fifty Shades of Grey" series of erotic novels are the favorite reading material among "high-value" prisoners at the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba, a U.S. congressman said.

Representative Jim Moran of Virginia was among congressional delegates who last week toured Camp 7, the top-security facility that holds more than a dozen "high-value" prisoners, including five men charged with plotting the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001.

"Rather than the Koran, the book that is requested most by the (Camp 7 detainees) is 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' They've read the entire series," Moran said in an account first published by the Huffington Post and confirmed to Reuters by Moran's spokeswoman.

"I guess there's not much going on, these guys are going nowhere, so what the hell."...MORE