Ed Reardon's Week - Rilegato

Nickolds, Andrew; Douglas, Christopher

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ISBN 10: 0743276337 ISBN 13: 9780743276337

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

Welcome to the world of Ed Reardon, writer and liver of life at the cutting edge. Above The Cutting Edge, to be accurate, a one-bedroom flat over a hairdresser's in Berkhamsted, where Ed has lived on his own since his wife and grown-up kids left him, forcing the sale of the London home. Ed's first (and to date last) published novel 'Who Would Fardels Bear?' was bought by Hollywood, relocated from Oldham to San Francisco and turned into a Sally Field movie ('Sister Mom') in the mid-70s. It was directed by Ed's best mate Jaz Milvane whose career has since gone stratospheric. Ed's broke up on re-entry; with the exception of his episode of Tenko in 1982, the royalties of which now amount to about GBP17 a year - but are anxiously awaited nonetheless. Ed has often been forced to do a spot of lowbrow work for the ever popular Christmas book market. Jane Seymour's Household Hints (1996) and The Brand's Hatch Story got him through a couple of winters, although sadly his own proposal for a Little Book of Publishers Rejections was turned down because it ran to over two thousand pages. Ed however remains bullishly optimistic, as the series reveals. He may have only one pair of trousers and a seven-figure Amazon sales ranking but no writer knows more about stealing his agent's stationery...and as a freeloader Ed Reardon is the acknowledged leader of his profession. ED REARDON'S WEEK tracks Ed's flawed attempts to escape poverty and gain the literary success that is surely his due...

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'Laugh-out-loud book based on the Radio 4 series about a failed novelist' SUNDAY TIMES, Top 5 humour Titles 5/12
'A witty and deadly picture of the silly side of publishing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 27/11
‘If the thought of Jack Wooley having sex with a sheep tickles you, or those Grumpy Old Men just aren’t grumpy enough for you, then this will certainly be a nice little read’ Independent on Sunday 5/11
Jeremy Paxman's choice
Guardian 25/11

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Ed Reardon is one of the most scandalously and unjustly neglected novelists of his generation (writes Ed Reardon). After choosing to make the life literary his mistress, Ed saw early success with Who Would Fardels Bear? His gritty first novel, this was made into a saccharine Hollywood movie, Sister Mom, by Jaz Milvane, up till then Ed's best friend. Their career paths have since diverged, Jaz's to L.A., Ed's to Berkhamstead after his wife kicked him out of their London home for having a drink or three a time or three too often, and where Ed now lives at the cutting edge.
And above it too: The Cutting Edge being the name of the hairdressing salon over which Ed has his tiny flat and from where he delivers trenchant broadsides on the ignorant twelve-year olds who run publishing, the media, council tax departments, his local swimming pool . . . come to think of it everything really.
Ed's life is a constant struggle to work, survive and put food on the plate of his demanding cat Elgar. Thanks to the efforts of his lunchaholic agent Felix and his luscious but unattainable assisant Ping, Ed makes ends meet by writing such far cries from his first novel as Pet Peeves, Jane Seymour's Household Hints and other titles just along from this one on the 'Perfect Christmas Gift' shelves. And to earn a tenner for that Threshers 3-for-2 offer that keeps body and soul together, Ed can often be seen in police identity parades as a suspect pervert.
Welcome to Ed Reardon's Week, a diary of a Nobody for the 21st century and a major publishing venture - though apparently not major enough to command anything but a piddling royalty (Author's note).

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0743276337
• ISBN 13: 9780743276337
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile