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Strides
In a deeply personal history of running, the novelist-author of The Plagiarist traces the evolution of the sport from the ancient world to the present day while reflecting on his personal, decades-long devotion to and experiences of the sport.
Selling Ben Cheever
In 1995, America was in the throes of downsizing fever. Many thousands then, as now, were losing their jobs to the corporate demand of more money for the top, by tightening the belt below. Unable to sell his latest novel, Ben Cheever started to think about what employment opportunities were out there. Selling Ben Cheever is the frank, self-effacing, and enlightening chronicle of his five years in the service industry. As we watch Ben confront his own demons about what a particular job means to him, we are compelled to consider how our egos are affected by not only what we do, but how we do it. Through his experiences, we begin to think about our approach to our own jobs and to confront our fears about what we would do if we didn't have them.
The Letters of John Cheever
John Cheever, novelist, short-story writer, and winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize, was a prolific writer of letters, sending as many as thirty in a week. These letters, culled from thousands written to famous writers and celebrities - including John Updike, Josephine Herbst, William Maxwell, Saul Bellow, Hope Lange and Philip Roth - his family, friends, and lovers, paint an intimate and surprising self-portrait that is as vivid as any character Cheever invented. Edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever's letters trace his development as a writer and as a man. They reveal him to be complex, flawed, and full of contradictions. On display are not just his ambitions and weaknesses, his alcoholism and his cloaked bisexuality, but also the evolution of his wit and style and, most of all, his love of life.
The Plagiarist
Arthur Prentice, the son of an aging, alcoholic, much-celebrated American author, embarks on a career with a prestigious magazine and finds himself undertaking an emotional journey that transforms every facet of his life. "An ingenious first novel".--Newsweek.
Selling Ben Cheever
' It's a bible, and a laugh, for anyone being downsized . a triumph of humanity over circumstance' Irish Times
Famous After Death
"This is not Weight Watchers," the psychiatrist said when Noel Hammersmith asked her to talk with him about why he was fat. Was there anything else she could help him with? "What I'd really like is to be famous," he said. "Famous?" she asked, as if she'd never heard anything so rude, as if penis would have been a better word. Penis envy was something she'd been trained to deal with. Envy envy was not. "That's right," Noel said, "I want to be a household name." "Like the president, or more like a movie star?" "Is there a difference?" Noel asked. When asked how he might achieve his goal, Noel told the doctor he was thinking of writing a play. Or if that failed, "I suppose I could murder somebody." Despite having shared his bright, gaudy dreams, Noel's days continued to pass in the quietest of desperation. He took the train to work, edited diet books, ran compulsively, ate compulsively. He fell in love, then fell in love again. And again. By each woman he was transformed--then discarded. The link between Noel's inner life and the outside world had always been a mystery. So maybe there was nothing to it. But, oddly, people began to die.
Selling Ben Cheever
Ben Cheever's hilarious and profound odyssey through the want-ad world. In 1995, America was in the throes of downsizing-fever. Many thousands then, as now, were losing their jobs to the corporate demand of more money for the top, by tightening the belt below. Unable to sell his latest novel, Ben Cheever started to think about what employment opportunities were out there. Mustering his courage, he skimmed the want-ads, made some phone calls, went to interviews, and ended up as everything from a security guard to a computer salesman. Rejected by Brooks Brothers, accepted as a sandwich maker, successful as a car salesman, Cheever brilliantly chronicles life on the other side of the counter. As we see him confront his own demons about what a particular job means to him, we are compelled to consider how our egos are affected by not only what we do, but how we do it. It is through Ben's experiences that we begin to think about our approach to our own jobs and to confront our fears about what we would do if we didn't have them.
The Stories of John Cheever
These stories from the pen of American award-winning novelist John Cheever show the power and range of one of the finest short story writers of the century.
The Secret Society of Demolition Writers
What would you write if no one knew who you were? In the spirit of the demolition derby, where drivers take heedless risks with reckless abandon, welcome to the first convocation of the Secret Society of Demolition Writers. Here is a one-of-a-kind collection by famous authors writing anonymously–and dangerously. With the usual concerns about reputations and renown cast aside, these twelve daredevils have each contributed an extreme, no-holds-barred unsigned story, each shining as brightly and urgently as hazard lights. Unconventional and unapologetic, this publishing equivalent of a whodunit features an eclectic group of fictional characters, including a delusional schizophrenic narrator, ...
The Partisan
Jonas Collingwood, a prolific novelist, finds his life changing when a corporation takes over the press that publishes his works and asks him to pen a book about his World War II experiences.--
