Jared Paul Stern On Burkle-less Book Proposal: No One Will Want To Read About Burkle In 2008

Following yesterday’s publication of his much-anticipated memoir proposal, Jared Paul Stern dropped us a line to explain why the pitch did not contain a Ron Burkle chapter: “When this book comes out in 2008 who the hell is gonna want to read about some doughy old degenerate ex-billionaire?”

Perhaps no one. Still, that’s like a Barry Bonds book proposal skipping the Balco Years.

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