Jackpot, by James F. Fixx (HC, 1982, $3)
"In April 1976, Jim Fixx, a respected but obscure magazine editor, decided to write a book on a sport in which, almost everyone assured him, no one had the slightest interest. Simply because it was a subject Fixx loved, he stubbornly went ahead and wrote the book anyway. The sport was, of course, running and the book was the record-breaking best seller The Complete Book of Running." In the first week alone, his publisher took in orders for 85,000 copies, and that was just the beginning."
All I can say, is that we see a fair number of Fixx's books come through our store, but this is the first I saw this title. Through his diary entries we follow him into his new world of money and fame, as he tries to keep himself centered.
You can find it in the new non-fiction table, avail. 11/29.
PS: The legs on the front jacket cover are really his.
