Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel
A Writing, Fiction, Language book. Sometimes writing a sentence can be harder than serving one. James Magnuson, Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel...
In this brilliant mix of literary satire and crime caper, Frankie Abandonato, a small-time con man on the run, finds refuge by posing as V. S. Mohle—a famously reclusive writer—and teaching in a prestigious writing program somewhere in Texas. Streetwise and semiliterate, Frankie finds that being treated as a genius agrees with him.The program has been funded by Rex Schoeninger, the world’s richest novelist, who is dying. Buzzards are circling, angling for the remains of Rex’s fortune, and Frankie quickly realizes that he has been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. Complicating matters is the fact that Rex is haunted by a twenty-five-year feud with the shadowy Mohle. What rankles Rex is that, while he has written fifty bestsellers and never gotten an ounce of literary respect, Mohle wrote one slender novel, disappeared into the woods, and become an icon. Determined to come to terms with his past, Rex has arranged to bring his rival to Texas, only to find himself facing off against an imposter.Famous Writers I Have Known is not just an unforgettable literary romp but also a surprisingly tender take on two...
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Sometimes writing a sentence can be harder than serving one. James Magnuson, Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel //
This was not a book I might have normally chosen with my ultra-tight book budget. Thanks to Goodreads, I got to step outside of my normal comfort zone and enjoy this recent-period fiction.A man tells us the story of how he came to be where he is, shows us in the telling of it that he knows he's not The Good Guy, and lets us see how... FictionMagnuson, JamesFamous Writers I Have Known: A NovelRead by Kevin T. CollinsAudible audio edition, 10 hours and 11 minutes, unabridged, $4.99Also available in hardcover (2014) and paperback (W. W. Norton, 978-0-393-35081-4, 320 pgs. $15.95, January 2015)Famous Writers I Have Known by James Magnuson, director of the James A. Michener... I was delighted to have won Famous Writers I Have Known by James Magnuson from Goodreads. I confess to having mixed feelings about this book. I found the protagonist, Frankie, to be very likeable. Of course, as this is a first person narrative, the reader sees the world through his eyes. I enjoyed reading the scenes and meeting the...
