Hailed as breathtakingly suspenseful, Jean Hanff Korelitz\'s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.
Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himsel. he hears the plot. . .
But then .
When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn\'t need Jake\'s help because the Plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism.
Today, he\'s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what\'s left of his self-respect; he hasn\'t written--let alone published--anything decent in years.
Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. --Stephen King Hailed as breathtakingly suspenseful, Jean Hanff Korelitz\'s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.
Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his sure thing of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom? Insanely readable.
As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him.
But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.
He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world.
In a few short years, all of Evan Parker\'s predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave.
When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that--a story that absolutely needs to be told.
Jake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker\'s first novel: but it never comes. he hears the plot. . .
But then .
When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn\'t need Jake\'s help because the Plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism.
Today, he\'s teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what\'s left of his self-respect; he hasn\'t written--let alone published--anything decent in years.
Jacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book.
Hailed as breathtakingly suspenseful, Jean Hanff Korelitz\'s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it
