One of the hottest books of 2001 A thriller of plagarism and murder as well asa wickedly funny satire on New York literary world. Cal Cunningham dreams ofwritin... » 

One of the hottest books of 2001 A thriller of plagarism and murder as well asa wickedly funny satire on New York literary world. Cal Cunningham dreams ofwriting an autobiographical novel that will help him escape from his life as apenniless bookstore stockboy in upper Manhattan. Yet after two years of livingtogether it is Stewart Cals studious flatmate who has finished writing apageturning novel based on Cals life. When a timely fatal bicycleaccident removes Stewart from the scene Cal appropriates the manuscript as hisown and places it in the hands of the legendarily ferocious literary agentBlackie Yeager. Soon Cal realises his most outlandish fantasies of literarysuccess. That is until he discovers that someone knows his secret. For Calthis means plotting not just his second novel but also his first murder. «