ROOKE: Amazon Removes Classic Anti-Mass Immigration Novel For ‘Offensive Content’
ROOKE: Amazon Removes Classic Anti-Mass Immigration Novel For ‘Offensive Content’
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Amazon removed the paperback edition of French writer Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel “The Camp of the Saints” from its U.S. listings Friday, citing a violation of its offensive content policy.
Vauban Books, the publisher of the 2025 English edition, made the announcement Monday after the dystopian novel was flagged for “offensive content.”
Our statement on Amazon’s suppression of The Camp of the Saints in the United States: pic.twitter.com/JDTE5i4XbH — Vauban Books (@VaubanBooks) April 20, 2026
Our statement on Amazon’s suppression of The Camp of the Saints in the United States: pic.twitter.com/JDTE5i4XbH
— Vauban Books (@VaubanBooks) April 20, 2026
The novel is dystopian fiction that examines what happens when mass immigration meets a society that has lost its self-preservation instincts. The story follows the choices made at every level of society as a horde of immigrants sets sail from India for France. The immigrants chose France because they had heard about its wealth and openness. (Sign up for Mary Rooke’s weekly newsletter here!)
The response from the native French........
