Mad dash for Nobel winner Mo's latest book

A new book by Nobel laureate Mo Yan hit the Chinese market on Wednesday amid "Mo Mania", which has swept the country since the writer was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature on Oct 11.

Only 100 copies of Our Jing Ke, a collection of three plays, were on sale at the Genuine and Profound bookstore for a launch organized by the Beijing Genuine and Profound Culture Development Company.

"There was an initial print run of 200,000 copies," said Tang Juan, vice-director of the company's marketing department. "But we only got the first batch last night, and the others are still at the printer."