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Bestseller
Alessandro Gallenzi
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Description for Bestseller
Paperback. A novel of intrigue, deceit and sheer desperation, Bestseller is a caustic portrait of contemporary culture and of Britain's obsession with fame, success and becoming the next J.K. Rowling. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278. 288 pages. A novel of intrigue, deceit and sheer desperation, Bestseller is a caustic portrait of contemporary culture and of Britain's obsession with fame, success and becoming the next J.K. Rowling. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FA. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 22. Weight: 278.
Jim Talbot, a writer with a dozen unpublished novels under his belt, has been roundly rejected by every agent and publisher in the land, and is willing to go to extreme lengths to make his dream of literary stardom come true. Charles Randall, the eccentric founder and managing director of Tetragon Press, a small independent publisher that has managed to survive for thirty years in a fierce environment dominated by corporate juggernauts, is about to be brutally sacked by a newly appointed business consultant. In the cut-throat world of modern publishing, Charles and Jim’s paths towards literary salvation are fraught ... Read more
Jim Talbot, a writer with a dozen unpublished novels under his belt, has been roundly rejected by every agent and publisher in the land, and is willing to go to extreme lengths to make his dream of literary stardom come true. Charles Randall, the eccentric founder and managing director of Tetragon Press, a small independent publisher that has managed to survive for thirty years in a fierce environment dominated by corporate juggernauts, is about to be brutally sacked by a newly appointed business consultant. In the cut-throat world of modern publishing, Charles and Jim’s paths towards literary salvation are fraught ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846881282
SKU
V9781846881282
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Ref
99-50
About Alessandro Gallenzi
Alessandro Gallenzi is the founder of Hesperus Press, Alma Books and Alma Classics, and the successor of John Calder at the helm of Calder Publications. As well as being a literary publisher with fifteen years of experience, he is a translator, a poet, a playwright and a novelist. His collection of poetry Modern Bestiary - Ars Poetastrica was published in ... Read more
Reviews for Bestseller
A novel which is light yet serious, funny and painful, somewhat fantastic yet shot through with truth
Allan Massie
The Scotsman
Gallenzi... slips in sound insider’s judgements on how this business works. Read it for the lowdown on the low trade
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Sly, tongue-in-cheek novel that will leave readers in stitches ... Read more
Allan Massie
The Scotsman
Gallenzi... slips in sound insider’s judgements on how this business works. Read it for the lowdown on the low trade
Boyd Tonkin
The Independent
Sly, tongue-in-cheek novel that will leave readers in stitches ... Read more