Fifty Shades of Grey Becomes Fastest-Selling Paperback in UK

THE RAUNCHY novel that triggered a craze for bondage and erotica has beaten Harry Potter and Dan Brown novels to become the fastest-selling paperback this century. According to trade magazine The Bookseller, Fifty Shades of Grey by EL James, a 49-year-old housewife whose real name is Erika Mitchell, hit the 550,000 sales mark quicker than any other paperback since Nielsen BookScan records began in 1998. Dubbed 'mummy porn', Fifty Shades has been Britain's best-selling book for nine weeks