The steamy memoir
by former New Jersey governor James E. McGreevey, who
left office amid a gay sex scandal, has become a best seller
on two lists. Released September 19, The
Confession will be ranked number 3 in nonfiction
hardcover sales in The New York Times book review in
the October 8 issue, the newspaper said. The review
does not disclose sales figures.
The book ranked number 1 in
biography-autobiography and number 4 in adult
nonfiction based on first-week sales of 15,000, recorded by
Nielsen BookScan U.S., The Star-Ledger of
Newark, N.J., reported in Thursday's newspapers.
McGreevey, who had largely avoided public statements
since leaving office in 2004, promoted the book with
several television appearances last week, including a taped
interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
McGreevey, elected New Jersey governor in 2001,
stunned the nation when he announced in August 2004
that he was a ''gay American'' and would leave office
three months later. (AP)
