Article: Book review: The bestseller that Bush's America tried to ban Stupid White Men by Michael Moore (Regan Books/HarperCollins, pounds 16.99)

A FUNNY THING happened on the way to the top of the US bestseller lists. In the immediate aftermath of 11 September, a book that eventually made it to pole position was almost pulped due to its "controversial nature" and "the change in the country's political climate". The publishers got cold feet about the possible response of the US public to a book that was not only hilariously and encyclopedically critical of George Bush and his posse, but also prepared to make the case that a US presidential election was stolen in a right-wing coup - and that no one with any power or influence appeared to give a damn.

"I was told," claimed Michael Moore, "that unless I rewrote large sections of my ...

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