Death of a Writer: A Novel
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ISBN: 1596913061 / Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, September 2007
During his convalescence following a failed suicide attempt, an unpublished novel called Scream is discovered in the basement of professor E. Robert Pendleton, a book that chronicles a brutal child murder that bears an uncanny resemblance to a real-life, unsolved murder case. Reprint.
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From Booker Prize nominee Michael Collins comes "a wonderfully creepy murder mystery" (People), about a novelist whose last hope for fame may be the deepest secret in his past. For E. Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, and during his long convalescence, a novel is discovered hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child murder at its core. The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity and raises questions about its content--in particular, about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton's fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. How did Pendleton know the case so well? And why did he bury Scream in his basement? A rare blend of suspense, humor and insight, Death of a Writer is "dark, disturbing and damnably good." (Baltimore Sun).
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