Ode to Salvini with blank pages is Amazon’s bestseller

Matteo Silvini, leader of the far-right party Liga Norte, is a little consensual figure outside and inside Italy. An essay on the politician achieved the feat of being one of Amazon’s best-selling books in recent days. What’s the catch? The work has nothing written.

The Italian press does not get tired of talking about the phenomenon. The book “Why Salvini deserves trust, respect and admiration” reached the top of the best sellers of the Amazon website in Italy and, despite promising to enumerate the virtues of the leader of the extreme right, the interior of the work is nothing more, nothing less , than blank pages. The book written by Alex Green – who presents himself as a political analyst, but will only be a pseudonym – has aroused many reactions, which, like Matteo Salvini, are not consensual. Some readers feel cheated, others applaud the author’s boldness.

“This book is full of blank pages. Despite many years of research, we have been unable to find anything on the subject [virtudes de Salvini], so feel free to use this book for your notes “, read in the description of the work, which consists of 110 pages and costs 6.99 euros.

The clear criticism of the leader of the Northern League, who was once Italy’s deputy prime minister, has garnered mostly positive criticism, according to Amazon’s ranking, about 4.7 stars. However, some readers feel cheated and accuse the company of siding with the left. “This is a shame and a sham. Inside, there are only blank pages and even numbers on the pages,” points out a reader. Another person sees an independent edition, published in February 2019, with some humor: “A long and difficult reading, but it was worth it”.

The subject has been on the spotlight of many pages of Italian newspapers, such as “La Stampa”, which questions whether the author of the book is not a “mole” of Matteo Salvini’s party. Whether or not he is an internal critic in the Northern League, the work seems to have reached the top of the best selling books due to the festive season of Christmas. “Why Salvini deserves trust, respect and admiration” appears on Amazon’s website alongside other recommendations on the Italian politician. More precisely, the biographies.