About the Author - Couverture souple

COLAPINTO, JOHN

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0060932171 ISBN 13 : 9780060932176

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2002

Synopsis

From the author of the New York Times bestseller As Nature Made Him comes a “clever and entertaining first novel.”―Elle

Despite a severe case of writer's block, Cal Cunningham dreams of writing a novel that will permit him to escape from his life as a penniless stockboy in dirty and dangerous upper Manhattan bookstore. However, when his roommate is suddenly killed in a bicycle accident, Cal is suddenly the author of a page-turning autobiography. Propelled to the top of the bestseller lists with million-dollar movie deals, Cal finds that he has realized his most outlandish fantasies of literary success. That is, until he discovers that someone knows his secret.

A searingly funny psychological thriller, About the Author delves into the excesses of the publishing world and shows that sometimes the difference between reality and imagination can be fatal.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

John Colapinto has written for Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Us Weekly, and Rolling Stone, where the landmark National Magazine Award-winning article that was the basis for As Nature Made Him first appeared. He is also the author of the novel About the Author. He lives in New York City with his wife and son.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Just how did Cal Cunningham -- a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything -- publish a bestselling novel that sells to the movies for a million dollars?

A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success.

Deception, blackmail, and murder all play a role in his desperate bid to hold on to it.

And About the Author is his first-person account of how he performed this remarkable feat.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0060932171
• ISBN 13: 9780060932176
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
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