Famous Writers School
Paperback or Softback 256 pages Sep 01, 2006
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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 "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.
- Author:
- Steven Carter
- Publisher:
- Counterpoint LLC
- Publication Date:
- Sep 01, 2006
- Number of pages:
- 256 pages
- Binding:
- Paperback or Softback
- ISBN-10:
- 1582433844
- ISBN-13:
- 9781582433844