MADRID (AFP) — British thriller-writer Ken Follett, Spain's most popular author, beat his own record by signing more than 2,000 copies of his latest work at Madrid's book fair, Spanish media said Sunday.
His newest novel "World Without End" has already sold 1.5 million copies since its launch at the end of 2007 in Spain, out of a total four million sold worldwide.
Follett said he is working on a new project, a trilogy entitled "The Century", which will begin with the Sarajevo shooting that set off World War I and will end with the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall, El Mundo newspaper said.
With 2,050 copies of his works signed in three and a half hours, Follett beat his previous record of 1,600 signatures signed in one sitting in Italy, according to the daily El Mundo.
The multi-millionaire author has written nearly 20 novels in as many years.
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