Famous Writers School (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781582433844)

A genre-bending romp that is at once reminiscent of Raymond Carver and Carl Hiaasen.

Steven Carter, who has been called "madly inventive" (Kirkus Reviews) and "darkly comic" (Village Voice), has a genius for letting his characters speak for themselves, and here they do so quite literally. Famous Writers School is composed of three aspiring authors' letters and stories sent to a correspondence course by that grandiose name, and the self-serving "lessons" that Wendell Newton, their endearingly obtuse instructor, doles out in response.

Wendell's oddball collection of students includes Rio, an alluring blues singer on whom he quickly develops a crush; Linda Trane, an unhinged housewife who may be stalking him; and Dan, a truly talented author of hard-boiled detective fiction. As Dan's gritty mystery arrives piece by piece, Wendell gets hooked on the story--and decides to dress it up in his own style in order to pass it off as his creation.

Author: Steven Carter
ISBN-10: 1582433844
ISBN-13: 9781582433844
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.38h x 5.76w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 01/20/2008 pg. 24