Famous writers school : a novel /
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| Author / Creator: | Carter, Steven, 1961- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Counterpoint, c2006. |
| Description: | 252 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6120804 |
| Summary: | A genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Carl Hiaasen. <br> <br> Steven Carter, who has been called "madly inventive" ( Kirkus Reviews ) 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.<br> <br> 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 252 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1582433569 9781582433561 |
