How I Became a Famous Novelist (Paperback)

from triscuit

If you've ever wondered why hackneyed, badly-written books become runaway bestsellers, you will love this fast and funny send-up of the publishing world. When the hero is laid off from his job writing college applications for iliterates, he decides to write a bestseller and turn up at his ex-girl...

from BobNolin

This book suckers you in. You think it's just a funny book, and that the author has no integrity. By the end, you realize this wasn't just a comedy (though it is very funny, especially in the beginning). I really can't say more without spoiling things. You may learn something about yourself from ...

from shawnd

If one could persuade Douglas Coupland to write about a single protagonist, and that was mixed with Neal Stephenson's Zodiac, bent toward criticism of the American literary gestalt, you'd get something like How I Became a Famous Novelist. The book is a first person account of an unmotivated run-o...

from BobNolin

This book suckers you in. You think it's just a funny book, and that the author has no integrity. By the end, you realize this wasn't just a comedy (though it is very funny, especially in the beginning). I really can't say more without spoiling things. You may learn something about yourself from ...

from Jenners26

The Set-Up To impress his former girlfriend at her upcoming wedding, Pete Tarslaw decides to become a famous novelist. Figuring it couldn't be all that hard, he spends an afternoon at a bookstore studying bestselling books. His studies reveal the keys to a successful book: Rule 1: Abandon truth. ...