Famous Writers School A Novel |
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| Author:
| Carter, Steven |
| ISBN: | 978-1-58243-384-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2006 |
| Publisher: | Counterpoint Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $16.95 |
Book Description:
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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...
More Description 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.