About the Author: A Novel - Brossura

COLAPINTO, JOHN

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ISBN 10: 0060932171 ISBN 13: 9780060932176

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial, 2002

Riassunto

After his roommate dies leaving behind an incredible manuscript, Cal Cunningham, determined to escape his dismal existence as a bookstore stockboy, presents the manuscript as his own, which catapults him into literary success, but someone who knows his dark secret is waiting in the shadows to destroy him. Reprint.

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L'autore:

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.

Product Description:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Harper Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0060932171
• ISBN 13: 9780060932176
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272