How I Became a Famous Novelist
Author: Hely, Steven
ISBN: 9781863955409
Publisher: Black Inc
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough-
Fame. Realistic amount. Enough to open new avenues of sexual opportunity. Personal assistant to read mail, grocery shop, etc.
Financial comfort. Never have a job again. Retire. Spend rest of life lying around, pursuing hobbies (boating? skeet shooting?)
Humiliate ex-girlfriend at her wedding.
Sick of life as he knows it, Tarslaw sets out to write a bestselling novel, armed with a formula for success cobbled together from previous bestseller list. Once the sales ranking for The Tornado Ashes Club starts its meteoric rise, his inevitable decline looms - and his fall from grace will be nothing short of spectacular.
How I Became a Famous Novelist is the hilarious tale of how Pete Tarslaw's 'pile of garbage' became the most talked about, read, admired and reviled novel in America. It will change everything you think you know - about literature, appearance, truth, beauty, and those people out there who still care about books.
'A deeply, often painfully funny book . . . which should be read by anyone with a passing interest in the state of modern literature.' - The Independent
ISBN: 9781863955409
Publisher: Black Inc
Year First Published: 2011
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough-
Fame. Realistic amount. Enough to open new avenues of sexual opportunity. Personal assistant to read mail, grocery shop, etc.
Financial comfort. Never have a job again. Retire. Spend rest of life lying around, pursuing hobbies (boating? skeet shooting?)
Humiliate ex-girlfriend at her wedding.
Sick of life as he knows it, Tarslaw sets out to write a bestselling novel, armed with a formula for success cobbled together from previous bestseller list. Once the sales ranking for The Tornado Ashes Club starts its meteoric rise, his inevitable decline looms - and his fall from grace will be nothing short of spectacular.
How I Became a Famous Novelist is the hilarious tale of how Pete Tarslaw's 'pile of garbage' became the most talked about, read, admired and reviled novel in America. It will change everything you think you know - about literature, appearance, truth, beauty, and those people out there who still care about books.
'A deeply, often painfully funny book . . . which should be read by anyone with a passing interest in the state of modern literature.' - The Independent
