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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Publication date
January 1, 2004
Pages
384
Binding
Library
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781585473892
ISBN-10
1585473898
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.15 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$29.95
Other format details
large print
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of ego outbursts and career moves that force an upwardly mobile editor into an unexpectedly difficult position.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Sophisticated intrigue, dry humor, and eccentric characters flow effortlessly from Martha Grimes's rich imagination. Not to mention the atmospheric and storytelling genius that has made her a consistently bestselling author. Her newest novel, Foul Matter, is set in a world she knows all too well and unfolds with a consummate deadly irony.
Author Paul Giverney is between publishers. Despite stratospheric sales of his books and frenzied competition to sign him up, he lives modestly in New York's East Village and nurses a secret ambition of a very different sort. In fact, he has a byzantine plan for accomplishing it: the #1 condition of his proposed contract with the literary giant Mackenzie-Haack. They must drop Ned Isaly, a brilliant but far less successful author, and assign his equally gifted editor to Paul. In the hornets' nest of preening egos and cutthroat career moves this stirs up, ambitious editor Clive Esterhaus covets the glossy megastar Paul for himself. But Isaly's book contract is unbreakable and Clive never dreams how a very different kind of contract will force him-and his ambition-into a very foul matter, indeed.
Author Paul Giverney is between publishers. Despite stratospheric sales of his books and frenzied competition to sign him up, he lives modestly in New York's East Village and nurses a secret ambition of a very different sort. In fact, he has a byzantine plan for accomplishing it: the #1 condition of his proposed contract with the literary giant Mackenzie-Haack. They must drop Ned Isaly, a brilliant but far less successful author, and assign his equally gifted editor to Paul. In the hornets' nest of preening egos and cutthroat career moves this stirs up, ambitious editor Clive Esterhaus covets the glossy megastar Paul for himself. But Isaly's book contract is unbreakable and Clive never dreams how a very different kind of contract will force him-and his ambition-into a very foul matter, indeed.
Editions
Hardcover
from Viking Pr (August 1, 2003)
9780670032594 | details & prices | 400 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of career moves that forces an upwardly mobile editor into a difficult position.
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of career moves that forces an upwardly mobile editor into a difficult position.
Paperback
Reprint edition from New Amer Library (September 30, 2004)
9780451212931 | details & prices | 372 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $15.00
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of ego outbursts and career moves that force an upwardly mobile editor into an unexpectedly difficult position.
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of ego outbursts and career moves that force an upwardly mobile editor into an unexpectedly difficult position.
Library
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Center Point Pub (January 1, 2004)
9781585473892 | details & prices | 384 pages | 6.00 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.15 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of ego outbursts and career moves that force an upwardly mobile editor into an unexpectedly difficult position.
About: Successful author Paul Giverney, harboring a secret ambition involving a reassignment of publishers and editors, sets in motion a hornets' nest of ego outbursts and career moves that force an upwardly mobile editor into an unexpectedly difficult position.
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