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Description
Jim Talbot, a writer with a dozen unpublished novels under his belt, has been roundly rejected by every agent and publisher in the land, and is willing to go to extreme lengths to make his dream of literary stardom come true. Charles Randall, the eccentric founder and managing director of Tetragon Press, a small independent publisher that has managed to survive for thirty years in a fierce environment dominated by corporate juggernauts, is about to be brutally sacked by a newly appointed business consultant. In the cut-throat world of modern publishing, Charles and Jim's paths towards literary salvation are fraught with the most unpredictable dangers. A novel of intrigue, deceit and sheer desperation, Bestseller is a caustic portrait of contemporary culture and of Britain's obsession with fame, success and becoming the next J.K. Rowling.
Product details
Published | Mar 21 2011 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 288 |
ISBN | 9781846881282 |
Imprint | Alma Books |
Dimensions | 198 x 128 mm |
Publisher | Alma Books |
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Reviews
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A novel which is light yet serious, funny and painful, somewhat fantastic yet shot through with truth
Allan Massie, The Scotsman
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Gallenzi... slips in sound insider's judgements on how this business works. Read it for the lowdown on the low trade
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
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Sly, tongue-in-cheek novel that will leave readers in stitches of laughter.
Booklist
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Very funny and too awfully right in so many ways
Tim Parks
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Too depressing, too accurate
Tibor Fischer
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Very amusing - a Conrad on the way.
John Calder