How I Became a Famous Novelist

What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough: a realistic amount of fame that will open new avenues...
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Author: Steve Hely
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How I Became a Famous Novelist by Hely, Steve

How I Became a Famous Novelist

$31.70

How I Became a Famous Novelist

$31.70
Author: Steve Hely
Format: Paperback
Language: English
What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough: a realistic amount of fame that will open new avenues of sexual opportunity; the kind of financial comfort that will allow him to spend his life pursuing hobbies such as boating or skeet shooting at his stately home by the ocean or a scenic lake; and--perhaps mostly importantly--the chance to humiliate his ex-girlfriend at her wedding. This is the story of how he succeeds in getting it all, and what it costs him in the end.

Narrated by an unlikely literary legend, How I Became A Famous Novelist pinballs from the post-college slums of Boston, to the fear-drenched halls of Manhattan's publishing houses, from the gloomy purity of Montana's foremost writing workshop to the hedonistic hotel bars of the Sunset Strip. The horrifying, hilarious tale of how Pete's "pile of garbage" called The Tornado Ashes Club became the most talked about, blogged about, read, admired, and reviled novel in America will change everything you think you know about literature, appearance, truth, beauty, and those people out there, somewhere in America, who still care about books.

Author: Steve Hely
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Published: 07/08/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 8.36h x 5.40w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780802170606


Award: Thurber Prize for American Humor - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/15/2009 pg. 86
Publishers Weekly 05/04/2009 pg. 32
Booklist 05/15/2009 pg. 19
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2009
Library Journal 06/15/2009 pg. 60
People Weekly 09/07/2009 pg. 59
Entertainment Weekly 01/07/2011 pg. 74

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