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Famous Writers School : A Novel by Steven Carter (2006, Perfect)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCounterpoint Press

ISBN-101582433844

ISBN-139781582433844

eBay Product ID (ePID)63080227

Product Key Features

Book TitleFamous Writers School : a Novel

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicGeneral, Mystery & Detective / General

GenreFiction

AuthorSteven Carter

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

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SynopsisA genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Carl Hiaasen. 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. 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.