The Ghost Writer

Author: Philip Roth
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374161895
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
The first novel in Roth's Zuckerman Bound trilogy, The Ghost Writer introduces Nathan Zuckerman in the 1950s, a budding writer infatuated with the Great Books, discovering the contradictory claims of literature and experience while an overnight guest in the secluded New England farmhouse of his idol, E.I. Lonoff. At Lonoff's, Zuckerman meets Amy Bellette, a haunting young woman of indeterminate foreign background who turns out to be a former student of Lonoff's and who may also have been his mistress. Zuckerman, with his active, youthful imagination, wonders if she could be the paradigmatic victim of Nazi persecution. If she were, it might change his life. --From publisher description.

The Ghostwriter

Author: Alessandra Torre
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781940941943
Category : Authors
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
From a NYT Bestseller - An emotional and gripping story of a famous author who struggles to write her final novel - a true story that confesses her darkest secret. To aid her, she enlists her biggest rival, who has a surprising effect on her life. Readers of GONE GIRL and MY HUSBAND'S SECRET will love this twisted tale of marriage, deceit and fame

The Ghost Writer

Author: John Harwood
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547630425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 383

Book Description
What evil lies within a family’s secret history? “A first-class creeper, a literary ghost story in the Victorian tradition” by the author of The Séance (The Boston Globe). Timid, solitary librarian Gerard Freeman lives for just two things: his elusive pen pal, Alice, and a story he found hidden in his mother’s drawer years ago. Written by his great-grandmother Viola, it hints at his mother’s role in a sinister crime. And as he discovers more of Viola’s chilling tales, he realizes that they might hold the key to finding Alice and unveiling his family’s mystery. But upon returning to his ancestral home in England, Gerard finds that the stories-within-stories of his past begin to blur the lines between fact, fiction, and fantasy. They’re also driving him so deep into the dark that he might not be able to see what’s right in front of him until it’s too late. “A haunting literary gothic” (Booklist) that has earned extraordinary critical acclaim, this novel is “a Victorian ghost story that honors the likes of Dickens and Henry James . . . A smart, stylish and mesmerizing book” (The Washington Post Book World). “Intricate and engrossing. . . . One ghoulishly absorbing read.” —Entertainment Weekly

First Person

Author: Richard Flanagan
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525520031
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 353

Book Description
Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, thinks he’s finally caught a break when he’s offered $10,000 to ghostwrite the memoir of Siegfried “Ziggy” Heidl, the notorious con man and corporate criminal. Ziggy is about to go to trial for defrauding banks for $700 million; they have six weeks to write the book. But Ziggy swiftly proves almost impossible to work with: evasive, contradictory, and easily distracted by his still-running “business concerns”—which Kif worries may involve hiring hitmen from their shared office. Worse, Kif finds himself being pulled into an odd, hypnotic, and ever-closer orbit of all things Ziggy. As the deadline draws near, Kif becomes increasingly unsure if he is ghostwriting a memoir, or if Ziggy is rewriting him—his life, his future, and the very nature of the truth. By turns comic, compelling, and finally chilling, First Person is a haunting look at an age where fact is indistinguishable from fiction, and freedom is traded for a false idea of progress.

Conspirata

Author: Robert Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439199825
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 438

Book Description
Conspirata is “a portrait of ancient politics as a blood sport,” raves The New York Times. As he did with Imperium, Robert Harris again turns Roman history into a gripping thriller as Cicero faces a new power struggle in a world filled with treachery, violence, and vengeance. On the eve of Cicero’s inauguration as consul of Rome, a grisly discovery sends fear rippling through a city already racked by unrest. A young slave boy has been felled by a hammer, his throat slit and his organs removed, apparently as a human sacrifice. For Cicero, the ill omens of this hideous murder only increase his dangerous situation: elected leader by the people but despised by the heads of the two rival political camps. Caught in a shell game that leaves him forever putting out fires only to have them ignite elsewhere, Cicero plays for the future of the republic…and his life. There is a plot to assassinate him, abetted by a rising young star of the Roman senate named Gaius Julius Caesar—and it will take all the embattled consul’s wit, strength, and force of will to stop the plot and keep Rome from becoming a dictatorship.

The Ghost

Author: Robert Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416551824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 454

Book Description
Retired British prime minister Adam Lang sets out to write a tell-all memoir of his life and political career, an effort for which he hires a ghostwriter who uncovers dangerous secrets about the former leader's term.

Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer

Author: Christine Betts
Publisher: Timestep Press
ISBN: 9780648688068
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360

Book Description
After a stunt lands heiress and comedian Alia Henry in lock-up, she finds herself under house-arrest in a crumbling mansion owned by Whitehall International, a company she discovers controls much of her 'free-range' life. Detoxing and device-free, she must write her contracted novel or face dire consequences.But she is not alone on the once-magnificent estate. Phillip, Whitehall's unquestioning aide-de-camp, intrigues and infuriates her in equal measure and wandering the house at night, she meets Braith, eccentric writer-in-residence and mixer of marvellous cocktails.Each day she struggles to write but at night, under the light of an increasingly implausible full moon, Alia delights in exotic drinks and dazzling conversation with the mysterious Braith.Not usually one for asking questions, she wonders is Braith a ghost...? Or is she?Funny, smart, and full of heart, Alia Henry discovers what happens when you look up from your screen long enough to see the people in front of you.*****If you're like me you can use a bit of an escape these days. Take a look at Christine Betts' new novel, Alia Henry and the Ghost Writer. Katherine WattThis book is a refreshing, unusual and uplifting read for anyone with a creative streak who is torn between the demands of today's busy, distracting, fame-obsessed world, and the struggles of creative output. The Ink Rat

How to Write what You Want and Sell what You Write

Author: Skip Press
Publisher: Career PressInc
ISBN: 9781564141521
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 223

Book Description
Not loaded with theory, Skip's invaluable book contains concise, easily understood and applied advice for both writing and marketing any kind of book, article, story, play, screen-play, report, proposal or anything else you can think of.How to Write What You Want and Sell What You Write is for every writer or wannabe who needs to sort out his or her desires, capabilities and strengths and, even more importantly, learn the particular formats for the kind of writing in which he or she is interested.

Ghostwriter

Author: Joe Augustyn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736107003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
The complete true story of one ofthe most remarkable and baffling casesof ghostly phenomena in the historyof paranormal research.Witnessed by dozens and investigatedby photo experts, psychics andparapsychologists. Declared by UCLAparanormal researcher Kerry Gaynor tobe only the second authentic case outof thousands he's investigated.Featured on TV shows Sightings,Unexplained Mysteries, My Ghost Story,Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files,Extreme Hauntings and variousnewscasts; NPR's Snap Judgmentand other radio shows and podcasts.With over 150 Polaroids, manynever before seen.

Giving Up the Ghost

Author: Sandford Dody
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780871311429
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 348

Book Description