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How I became a famous novelist

"This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its success costs him in the end."--Back cover.

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  • ""This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its success costs him in the end."--Back cover."@en
  • "Sick of life as he knows it, Tarslaw sets out to write a bestselling novel, armed with a formula for success cobbled together from the bestseller list. Once the sales ranking for "The tornado ashes club" starts its meteoric rise, his inevitable decline looms - and his fall from grace will be nothing short of spectacular. This is the hilarious tale of how Pete Tarslow's 'pile of garbage' became the most talked about, read, admired and reviled novel in America. It will change everything you think you know - about literature, appearance, truth, beauty, and those people out there who still care about books - back cover."
  • "In this blistering evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame, a roguish loser sets out to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time. When he actually pulls it off, he winds up tearing like a tornado across America's cultural landscape. What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough: FAME--Realistic amount. Enough to open new avenues of sexual opportunity. Personal assistant to read mail, grocery shop, etc. FINANCIAL COMFORT--Never have a job again. Retire. Spend rest of life lying around, pursuing hobbies (boating? skeet shooting?). STATELY HOME BY THE OCEAN (OR SCENIC LAKE)--Spacious."@en
  • ""This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its success costs him in the end."--P. [4] of cover."
  • "A razor-sharp evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame, How I Became a Famous Novelist is a satirical novel masquerading as a tell-all memoir.Sick of life as he knows it, Pete Tarslaw sets out to write a bestselling novel, armed with a formula for success cobbled together from previous bestsellers: he abandons truth, relies heavily on lyrical prose, creates a club with a mysterious mission, includes a murder and invokes "confusing sadness" at the end.Once the sales rankings for his novel The Tornado Ashes Club start their meteoric rise - thanks to a Christian evangelist, a recoverin."
  • ""This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its success costs him in the end."--Page 4 of cover."@en
  • "A razor-sharp evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame, How I Became a Famous Novelist is a satirical novel masquerading as a tell-all memoir. What Pete Tarslaw wants is simple enough: FAME Realistic amount. Enough to open new avenues of sexual opportunity. Personal assistant to read mail, grocery shop, etc."

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  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Humorous fiction"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Humorous stories"
  • "Humorous stories"@en
  • "Translations"

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  • "How I became a famous novelist"
  • "How I became a famous novelist"@en
  • "我是暢銷小說家"
  • "Wo shi chang xiao xiao shuo jia"
  • "How I Became a Famous Novelist"@en
  • "我如何成为一名畅销书作家"
  • "Wo ru he cheng wei yi ming chang xiao shu zuo jia"
  • "Wo ru he cheng wei yi ming chang xiao shu zuo jiat"
  • "Nanŭn ŏttŏk'e yumyŏnghan sosŏlgaga doeŏnna"
  • "Comment je suis devenu un écrivain célèbre"

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