The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton |
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Author:
| Collins, Michael |
ISBN: | 978-0-297-85083-0 |
Publication Date: | May 2006 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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It's been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant poetry debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging on to his tenure in literature at Bannokburn college by the slimmest of threads, Pendleton's simmering despair boils over with the arrival on campus of his one-time friend, now nemesis, the bestselling author and king of the coffee-table book, Alan Jyrkewitz. For Pendleton, death seems to be the only remaining option, but his...
More DescriptionIt's been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant poetry debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging on to his tenure in literature at Bannokburn college by the slimmest of threads, Pendleton's simmering despair boils over with the arrival on campus of his one-time friend, now nemesis, the bestselling author and king of the coffee-table book, Alan Jyrkewitz. For Pendleton, death seems to be the only remaining option, but his attempt to kill himself is wrecked by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. Whilst Pendleton recovers from his suicide attempt, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, bitter story with a gruesome murder at its core. The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity, a whirlwind into which Adi and Jyrkewitz are thrust - along with the sister of a young girl whose real-life, unsolved murder bears an uncanny resemblance to the crime in Pendleton's novel and a burnt-out cop with secrets of his own, who is determined to prove that in this case fact and fiction are one and the same.