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About the Author : A Novel
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About the Author : A Novel Paperback - 2002

by Colapinto, John

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Despite a severe case of writer's block, Manhattan bookstore stockboy Cal Cunningham dreams of writing a successful novel. When his roommate is killed in an accident, Cal finds a hidden manuscript in their apartment. Suddenly, Cal is the author of a page-turning autobiography and propels up the bestseller list. He's realizing his most outlandish fantasies--until he discovers someone knows his secret.

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  • Title About the Author : A Novel
  • Author Colapinto, John
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002-07-23
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP94592959
  • ISBN 9780060932176 / 0060932171
  • Weight 0.54 lbs (0.24 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.38 x 0.69 in (20.27 x 13.67 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Murderers
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00054128
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Summary

PerfectBound e-book exclusive: "John Colapinto Talks to Cal Cunningham About About the Author."Cal Cunninghman has always fantasized about being a novelist. But at twenty-five, he's far from realizing his dream. Newly arrived in Manhattan, he toils as a bookstore stockboy, lives in a dire neighborhood, and never seems to write anything. How curious, then, that Cal should shortly publish a rollicking autobiographical novel that shoots to the top of bestseller lists and sells to the movies for a million dollars.

First line

For reasons that will become obvious, I find it difficult to write about Stewart.

From the rear cover

Just how did Cal Cunningham -- a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything -- publish a bestselling novel that sells to the movies for a million dollars?

A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success.

Deception, blackmail, and murder all play a role in his desperate bid to hold on to it.

And About the Author is his first-person account of how he performed this remarkable feat.

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Citations

  • Booksense '76 Sep/Oct 2002, 09/01/2002, Page 1
  • New York Times, 09/15/2002, Page 28

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