It's the fall of 2007, and Richard Burley is riding a losing
streak. Not only is his marriage on rocky ground, but his writing
career has devolved from co-writing one best seller thirteen years
ago to writing freelance ad copy for brochures and radio
commercials. And he has a dark secret; an under-the-table script
doctoring gig he's doing for some movie producers whose head writer
is out on the picket line. The only thing keeping Richard sane is
his rock opera, and even that might not be as healthy an outlet as
he needs it to be, as it tells the story of a cartoonist who loses
everything including his mind. Then one day, Richard runs into an
ex-girlfriend who reminds him that he used to be an ambitious
novellist, and introduces him to a group of fellow aspiring
authors, which reawakens his desire to write fiction. However, his
wife Kara becomes angry at him for associating with the woman who
left him for the man who stole the rights to the book series he
spawned, and, accusing him of infidelity, sends him packing. From
there, Richard drifts from sofa to sofa and into the arms of one
woman after another, trying desperately to reinvent himself and
preserve the dwindling remains of his own self-respect, all the
while fearing he is being haunted by the ghost of his not-dead,
not-yet-ex-wife. He begins having real-life encounters with the
characters of his various writing projects, even as the
relationships with his friends are eroding. And his fear that the
scab movie script project will be discovered finally comes true
when he receives an email from an unhappy Edwin McKay, the author
and head writer of the movie. Can Richard save his marriage, revive
his writing career, avoid being blacklisted, stage his rock opera
and keep his sanity, or will he lose everyone he loves and
everything he has worked so hard to build for himself? And if he
loses, will he be in any condition to tell the difference?
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
June 2012 |
First published: |
June 2012 |
Authors: |
Lee Edward McIlmoyle
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 38mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
748 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4776-9139-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4776-9139-1 |
Barcode: |
9781477691397 |
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