Steven Carter

Famous Writers School

A Novel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Catapult
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9781582433844
• ISBN-10: 1582433844
• Artikelnr.: 22696504

Autorenporträt

Steven Carter's short stories have appeared in Antioch Review, Tin House, Northwest Review, and Mississippi Review, among others. His first novel, I Was Howard Hughes, was published in 2003. His second novel, Famous Writers School, based on the actual scam school for writers, was published in 2006.