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Famous Writers School: a Novel
Steven Carter
Famous Writers School: a Novel
Steven Carter
Steven Carter, who has been called "madly inventive" (Kirkus) and "darkly comic" (Village Voice), has a genius for letting his characters speak for themselves, and here they do so quite literally. Famous Writers School is composed of three aspiring authors' letters and stories sent to a correspondence course by that grandiose name, and the self-serving "lessons" that Wendell Newton, their endearingly obtuse instructor, doles out in response. Wendell's oddball collection of students includes Rio, an alluring blues singer on whom he quickly develops a crush; Linda Trane, an unhinged housewife who may be stalking him; and Dan, a truly talented author of hard-boiled detective fiction. As Dan's gritty mystery arrives piece by piece, Wendell gets hooked on the story--and decides to dress it up in his own style in order to pass it off as his creation.
Carter skillfully weaves these narratives into a genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Carl Hiaasen.
252 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 1, 2006 |
Original release date | 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9781582433844 |
Publishers | Counterpoint |
Pages | 252 |
Dimensions | 146 × 213 × 17 mm · 267 g |
Language | English |
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