Scooter Libby's novel shooting up the charts on Amazon

Scooter Libby wrote a novel in 1996, called The Apprentice, and ever since he was indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury, and making false statements, his book has been selling well on Amazon.

The sex scenes in the book feature tasteful fare such as bestiality with children.

"The main female character, Yukiko, draws hair on the 'mound' of a little girl," Collins reports. "The brothers of a dead samurai have sex with his daughter." Meanwhile, "certain passages can better be described as reminiscent of Penthouse Forum," Collins writes. "Other sex scenes are less conventional."

Collins quotes from the indicted aide's novel: "At age 10 the madam put the child in a cage with a bear trained to couple with young girls so the girls would be frigid and not fall in love with their patrons. They fed her through the bars and aroused the bear with a stick when it seemed to lose interest."

Will our porn-hatin' Attorney General be the next to go after Libby? Link

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