Speech-Writer: Footfalls of a Ghost (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781980910329)

Here, at last, is E. Payton's long-rumored, long-awaited novel. A taut psychological exploration of the inner life and demons haunting an alcoholic working writer, a speechwriter by trade. Harrowing at times in its depiction of encroaching madness and its deep roots in childhood, but leavened with humor throughout - especially its hilarious side-excursions into the book's self-contained novella. The book-within-a-book veers off into the chaotic life of a fictional alter-ego who presides over a redneck Southern menagerie of flawed but all-too-human characters. A very literary but also very readable book that defies easy characterization. Recovering English majors who once dreamed of a writing life; readers who enjoy a laugh and a challenge; and anyone existentially adrift in this unmoored age will find Payton's first book resonant.

Author: E. Payton
ISBN-10: 1980910324
ISBN-13: 9781980910329
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2018
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.53d