Despite an American Book Award nomination for his novel "The Tree of Life" in 1985, despite the sometimes extraordinary reviews for his books and despite the opinion of admirers like Cynthia Ozick that he is something of a genius, "my books have sold nothing," Mr. Nissenson, 68, said glumly.
Although 40percentt of Iraqi oil exports eventually wind up in the United States, Washington, not surprisingly, has sold almost nothing to Baghdad under the program.
The government's rhetoric on privatisation has become bolder but it has sold virtually nothing to strategic investors.Private-sector companies, particularly family-owned ones, have had defences almost as formidable.
When he reveals himself shorn, she feels he has sold out and wants nothing more to do with him.
She picked up the thought: "On my street, nothing has sold in 35 years.
What's disconcerting about his installation is its strange sense of absence: Art-like physical objects are present, but since nothing has sold yet, it's as if the actual art hasn't begun.
"We've sold almost nothing," said Daniel Martínez, 50, who was selling buttons with the new pontiff's picture displayed on a jersey of Argentina's national soccer team.
"In January, we've sold almost nothing".
The public largely ignored the album of course, but it had sold "encouragingly" if nothing else and who could blame a highly elated Nick Drake, whose academic leanings had long become quite dormant anyway, for leaving Cambridge to pursue his musical bent?
