Name: The Plot: A Novel
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Author: Korelitz, Jean Hanff
ISBN: 9781250790767

Type

Physical Book

Author

Jean Hanff Korelitz

Publisher

Celadon Books

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.6 x 16.5 x 3.2 cm

Weight

0.52 kg.

ISBN13

9781250790767

Synopsis "The Plot: A Novel "

** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! ** The Tonight Show Summer Reads Winner ** A New York Times Notable Book of 2021 **Insanely readable. --Stephen King Hailed as breathtakingly suspenseful, Jean Hanff Korelitz's The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written--let alone published--anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then . . . he hears the plot. Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker's first novel: but it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that--a story that absolutely needs to be told. In a few short years, all of Evan Parker's predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says. As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his "sure thing" of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?

Jean Hanff Korelitz

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American author and essayist, Jean Hanff Korelitz studied English at Dartmouth and completed her education at Clare College, Cambridge. Korelitz married Irish poet Paul Muldoon in England, with whom she currently resides in New York.

Korelitz is known in the literary world for her novels, achieving great success with her first book, A jury of her peers, categorized within the legal thriller genre. After several novels ranging from personal narrative to comedy, Korelitz returned to the mystery genre with You Should Have Known. This latest novel was a major sales success and has been translated into more than 18 languages.

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