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Death of a Writer: A Novel
by Michael Collins

Published: 2007-09-04
Paperback : 307 pages
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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 ...
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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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