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Original Title:	About the Author
ISBN:	0060932171 (ISBN13: 9780060932176)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Cal Cunningham
Setting:	New York State(United States)

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Just how did Cal Cunningham—a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything—publish a bestselling novel that sells to the movies for a million dollars?

A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success.

Deception, blackmail, and murder all play a role in his desperate bid to hold on to it.

And About the Author is his first-person account of how he performed this remarkable feat.

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Title	:	About the Author
Author	:	John Colapinto
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 254 pages
Published	:	July 23rd 2002 by Harper Perennial (first published July 31st 2001)
Categories	:	Fiction. Mystery. Thriller. Writing. Books About Books

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'Fortunately, unfortunately' plot that seemed fairly transparent to me and was paper thin ridiculous by the end.The dialogue and characterisation are the 1-dimensional stuff of pulp fiction.The stuff of airplane reads: easy to churn through and be kept distracted without brain strain.

Ridiculous but fun, I couldnt help needing to know how everything was going to turn out!

An excellent book with a nice twist at the end. Very original.



A must read. It's very odd to me how something so dark and suspenseful can be so funny and light. I can't describe it. You'd just have to read the book and see for yourself. Cal Cunningham is a struggling "wanna be" author - who hasn't written anything. He's sharing a cramped 1 bedroom apartment with his roommate Stewart and his life seems to be going nowhere. Well, a tragic accident and an opportunity appear like magic.....without giving anything away - Cal is suddenly thrust into the "big

This story is fast-paced and clever. One of those good reads you dont want to put down. Its got all the attributes of a Coen Bros. screenplay (dry humor, shocking visuals, irony)...maybe well see it on the big screen someday?

Excellent thriller about a plagiaristic author who nearly commits murder.