Kamala Harris’ Book Comes With Decoder Ring, Amazon Lists It Under Puzzles & Games
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kamala Harris’ new memoir, 107 Days, is already making waves — mostly because every copy now comes bundled with a plastic decoder ring. Amazon, after attempting to classify the book, ultimately placed it in the “Puzzles & Games” category alongside Rubik’s Cubes and adult coloring books.
Publishers say the decoder ring is “essential” for readers hoping to follow Harris’ signature style of looping anecdotes and policy metaphors. Early reviewers reported that one paragraph, when decoded, simply read: “The thing about journeys is… they are journeys.”
“Chapter 3 started with a story about a school bus, then I had to rotate the decoder ring to find out we were actually talking about semiconductor subsidies,” said one confused reader. “By Chapter 6, the ring just kept spelling ‘CACKLE.’”
Bookstores are already reporting high returns, though not because of poor sales. “We just can’t keep replacing all the broken decoder rings,” one Barnes & Noble manager said. “People twist too hard during the infrastructure section.”
