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Author: John ColapintoFormat: Paperback
Publisher: PerennialISBN-10: 0060932171
Edition Description: ReprintISBN-13: 9780060932176
Subject: Action, AdventurePublication Year: 2002
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Language: EnglishCondition: Very Good
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When Stewart, his roommate, dies in an accident, an aspiring writer named Cal pretends that Stewart's novel-in-progress--a masterpiece, especially compared to Cal's lame efforts--is actually his own. The book is published, acclaimed, and snapped up by the movies, and Cal becomes rich and famous. Then Stewart's old girlfriend threatens to tell the world the truth.

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Height:8.3 in.
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Weight:7.2 oz.

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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.



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"Such laughs as there are in this dark, deft comedy are nervous and sweaty, but the tension is the real thing....The ending limps, but only after a sensational run."
Kirkus Reviews  (06/15/2001)

"This is Patricia Highsmith territory, but Colapinto's writing never approaches the charged atmosphere of moral ambivalence that suffuses Highsmith's work....Still, this is a well-paced and often darkly humorous thriller that scores direct hits on the publishing industry."
New York Times Book Review - Jesse Lichtenstein (10/07/2001)


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Title : About the Author: A Novel
Author : John Colapinto
Condition : Very Good
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Media : Paperback
ISBN : 0060932171
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