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The plot / Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Summary:
"Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written--let alone published--anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then he hears the plot. Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker's first novel: but it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that--a story that absolutely needs to be told. In a few short years, all of Evan Parker's predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says. As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his "sure thing" of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?"-- Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781250790767 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 125079076X (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: 322 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.
Subject: Plagiarism > Fiction.
Authors > Fiction.
Theft > Fiction.
Novelists > Fiction.
Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) > Authorship > Fiction.
Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction.
Genre: Thrillers (Fiction)
Psychological fiction.

Available copies

  • 82 of 89 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 89 total copies.
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Abington Community Library MYS KORELIT (Text) 50687011731679 Adult Fiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library MYS KORELIT (Text) 50686015719086 Adult Fiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library M KOR (Text) 37268003123411 AHMFL Mystery Available -
Altoona Area Public Library F KOR (Text) 33240004877166 Adult Fiction Available -
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30399000354632 Mystery Available -
Bangor Public Library F KOR (Text) 75011000353885 Adult Fiction Available -
Bethel Tulpehocken Public Library KOR (Text) 33249024468245 Fiction Available -
Boone Area Library KOR (Text) 33249024500211 Fiction Checked Out 04/06/2024
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