Posthumous novel becomes commercial hit (AP)

Photo of book jacket, supplied by Alfred A. Knopf, shows the cover of 'Suite Francaise' by Irene Nemirovsky. The book, about Nazi the takeover of a French village, has become a best seller posthumously. Nemirovsky died of typhus at Auschwitz during World War II. (AP Photo/Alfred A. Knopf)AP - Some books sell because Oprah Winfrey wants you to buy them. Others get help from a major prize, a controversy, a movie tie-in, a famous author or an especially clever marketing campaign.


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