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Jennie Erdal worked for nearly fifteen years for the flamboyant, extravagant, larger-than-life “Tiger,” a London publisher, entrepreneur, and media personality. Officially, she was his personal editor. In truth, Erdal was his ghostwriter and alter ego. Under his name, she produced not only newspaper columns, business columns, and novels, but even love letters. In temperament, the two couldn’t have been more different. Yet their relationship weathered storms of all kinds, from temper tantrums to serious financial reversals, with a tenacious bond that is both a wonder and an enigma.
With effortless grace, gentle erudition, and wry humour, Erdal shows us vivid snapshots of an austere childhood in Scotland and of the London publishing world, peopled by the elegant and the “Oxbridge”-educated. She introduces us to a thoughtful girl who found her passion in language and the magic of words, a passion that led her by a series of chance events to the publishing house, and the strange, wonderful, and never-dull world of the inimitable Tiger.
As original as it is elegant and witty, Ghosting is a remarkable memoir — more than just one woman’s story, it is the tale of her double life, as well as a fascinating glimpse into the symbiotic relationship between two very unusual people.
From the Hardcover edition.
With effortless grace, gentle erudition, and wry humour, Erdal shows us vivid snapshots of an austere childhood in Scotland and of the London publishing world, peopled by the elegant and the “Oxbridge”-educated. She introduces us to a thoughtful girl who found her passion in language and the magic of words, a passion that led her by a series of chance events to the publishing house, and the strange, wonderful, and never-dull world of the inimitable Tiger.
As original as it is elegant and witty, Ghosting is a remarkable memoir — more than just one woman’s story, it is the tale of her double life, as well as a fascinating glimpse into the symbiotic relationship between two very unusual people.
From the Hardcover edition.
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“Jennie Erdal’s Ghosting is a HUGE treat. What a relationship! What a character!! And how well she tells that extraordinary story. I’d kill for an experience like that to write about, and she rises to it magnificently.”
—Diana Athill, author of Stet
“Fascinating. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Very funny [and] psychologically complex.”
—National Post
“Irresistible. . . . Probing, intelligent and funny, Erdal’s memoir should prove she’ll never need to ghost-write again.”
—Newsweek
“The entire book is fascinating but the chapters about ghostwriting a novel are both surreally funny and in some ways very unsettling. . . . Erdal is a complex, intelligent personality. . . . Ghosting is one of the oddest books currently around, but it’s wonderful for that, and beautifully written.”
—Irish Times
“An extraordinary and very funny story. . . . Erdal has written a book that is hugely enjoyable to read”
—Spectator (UK)
“An unusually rich and entertaining memoir – hilarious, infuriating and unforgettable.”
—The Telegraph (UK)
L'autore:
—Diana Athill, author of Stet
“Fascinating. . . . Beautifully written. . . . Very funny [and] psychologically complex.”
—National Post
“Irresistible. . . . Probing, intelligent and funny, Erdal’s memoir should prove she’ll never need to ghost-write again.”
—Newsweek
“The entire book is fascinating but the chapters about ghostwriting a novel are both surreally funny and in some ways very unsettling. . . . Erdal is a complex, intelligent personality. . . . Ghosting is one of the oddest books currently around, but it’s wonderful for that, and beautifully written.”
—Irish Times
“An extraordinary and very funny story. . . . Erdal has written a book that is hugely enjoyable to read”
—Spectator (UK)
“An unusually rich and entertaining memoir – hilarious, infuriating and unforgettable.”
—The Telegraph (UK)
Jennie Erdal worked as an editor, translator, and ghostwriter for many years. Ghosting is her first book published under her own name. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland.
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- EditoreRandom House Inc
- Data di pubblicazione2006
- ISBN 10 0385661134
- ISBN 13 9780385661133
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero di pagine288
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Ghosting: A Double Life
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(2006)
ISBN 10: 0385661134
ISBN 13: 9780385661133
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