A NOVEL OF AN IGNOMINIOUS FALL, THE
RISE TO INFAMY, AND LIFE AFTER BOTH.
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It is the summer of 1998, and Stephen Glass is a young magazine
journalist whose work is gaining more and more acclaim -- until a
rival magazine tells Glass's editor that it suspects one of his
stories is fabricated. As his editor sorts out the truth, Glass is
busy inventing it -- spinning rich and complex blends of fact and
fiction, and exploiting the gray world in between.
But Glass is caught. His fabulism is uncovered and his career
instantly unravels. Worse, his editor learns that it's not the
first time. Soon, a long history of invention, passed off as
journalism, emerges.
Glass suddenly becomes a household name -- an emblem of hubris and
a flashpoint for Americans' distrust and dislike of the press. The
media is consumed with the story: Once the young man who had been
known for mastering the "takedown" article, Glass now becomes the
one every journalist wants to take even further down. Once the
hunter, Glass becomes the hunted -- the story of the year.
Glass responds to this agonizing public scrutiny with a
self-imposed exile, first near Chicago with his family and then in
the anonymous suburbs of Washington, D.C. There, he begins a long
personal struggle with his misdeeds, working out his own answers to
the questions of why he fabricated, how he can learn to stop lying,
and whether, at age twenty-five, he has destroyed his life
irrevocably.
Glass encounters a world far stranger than his own fabrications --
one populated by eccentric coworkers, ailing animals, angry
masseuses, sexy librarians, competitive bingo players, synchronized
swimmers, a soulful stripper, and a mysterious guardian angel who
dresses only in purple. Meanwhile, Glass is chased by marauding
journalists whose desperation and ruthlessness manage to match even
his own.
As he dodges his pursuers, Glass grasps at straws only to find
that, wondrously, they sometimes hold. Despite himself, he
rediscovers the Judaism he'd left far behind in Hebrew school, and
falls helplessly in love with a young woman who turns out to have
her own shameful past.
In the end, "The Fabulist" is as much about family, friendship,
religion, and love -- about getting through somehow, even when it
seems impossible -- as it is about reality and fantasy. At once
hilarious and harrowing, "The Fabulist" is one of the year's most
provocative novels.
General
Imprint: |
Simon & Schuster
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2014 |
First published: |
May 2014 |
Authors: |
Stephen Glass
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Dimensions: |
231 x 155 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
352 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4767-8966-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4767-8966-5 |
Barcode: |
9781476789668 |
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