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Death of a Writer by Michael Collins (2006, Hardcover), Signed 1st
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Subject
- Mystery, Thriller
- Special Attributes
- Signed
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN
- 9781596912298
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN-10
1596912294
ISBN-13
9781596912298
eBay Product ID (ePID)
51706596
Product Key Features
Book Title
Death of a Writer : a Novel
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Mystery & Detective / General
Publication Year
2006
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-001950
Reviews
"[A] wonderfully creepy murder mystery…an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."-People Magazine 4 Stars ****, "[A] wonderfully creepy murder mystery.an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."-"People Magazine" 4 Stars ****, "A darkly comic tale that skewers the insular, self-important worlds of both academia and publishing. A-" ."Entertainment Weekly, "A darkly comic tale that skewers the insular, self-important worlds of both academia and publishing. A-" ."--Entertainment Weekly, "A darkly comic tale that skewers the insular, self-important worlds of both academia and publishing. A-" ."-Entertainment Weekly, "[A] wonderfully creepy murder mystery...an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."People Magazine4 Stars ****, "[A] wonderfully creepy murder mystery...an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."--People Magazine 4 Stars ****, "The suspense makes this a page-turner until the climax, as Collins''s plot combines academic satire, philosophical speculation and tragedy."--Kirkus Reviews, "The suspense makes this a page-turner until the climax, as Collins's plot combines academic satire, philosophical speculation and tragedy."--Kirkus Reviews, "A darkly comic tale that skewers the insular, self-important worlds of both academia and publishing. A-" ."-"Entertainment Weekly", "ÝA¨ wonderfully creepy murder mystery.an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."-"People Magazine" 4 Stars ****, "The suspense makes this a page-turner until the climax, as Collins's plot combines academic satire, philosophical speculation and tragedy.""--Kirkus Reviews", "[A] wonderfully creepy murder mystery.an intellectually vigorous, emotionally bracing read."-People Magazine4 Stars ****
Synopsis
For Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, halted at the last moment by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. During Pendleton's long convalescence, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child-murder at its core. The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity: a whirlwind into which Adi, Horowitz and the still-incapacitated Pendleton are thrust. The novel is treated as an existential masterpiece and looks set to bring its author the success he's always sought - when, ironically, he is no longer in a condition to appreciate it - until questions begin to be asked about its content: in particular about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton's fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. Enter Jon Ryder, a world-weary detective who could have walked off the pages of a police thriller, and the hunt for the murderer is on., After saving an author from his suicide attempt, a graduate student has a semi-autobiographical story she found in his basement published. The story--with a gruesome child-murder at its core--bring its author the success he's always sought until the uncanny resemblance between the story and an unresolved local murder is noticed., For Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, halted at the last moment by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. During Pendleton' s long convalescence, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child-murder at its core. The publication of "Scream" causes a storm of publicity: a whirlwind into which Adi, Horowitz and the still-incapacitated Pendleton are thrust. The novel is treated as an existential masterpiece and looks set to bring its author the success he' s always sought - when, ironically, he is no longer in a condition to appreciate it - until questions begin to be asked about its content: in particular about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton' s fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. Enter Jon Ryder, a world-weary detective who could have walked off the pages of a police thriller, and the hunt for the murderer is on.
LC Classification Number
PR6053.O4263D43 2006
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