By Daniel Menaker
ISBN-10: 0544334531
ISBN-13: 9780544334533
A New York occasions publication Review Editors’ Choice
“At the epicenter of literary manhattan, Menaker is an irreverent advisor to the publishing world’s internal workings . . . His personal trip, pressured by way of his self-knowledge and humorousness, elevates this memoir into greater than witty chatter.” — Chicago Tribune
“Impossible to resist.” — Jennifer Egan, writer of A stopover at from the Goon Squad
In those pages Daniel Menaker brings us a “ruefully humorous insider’s travel of the publishing world” (Vogue.com). Haunted by means of a self-doubt sharpened through his function in his brother’s unforeseen loss of life, he deals wry, hilarious observations on publishing, child-rearing, parent-losing, and the writing lifestyles. yet as time passes, we witness a relocating, considerate meditation on years good lived, good learn, and good spent. choked with blunders, probably. yet packed with attempt, filled with accomplishment, packed with life.
“Tender, clever and witty, this e-book is really unputdownable.” — Real basic
“Energetic and exhilarating . . . [Menaker’s] shrewdpermanent, fast moving prose makes you cease and imagine and wonder.” — New York instances e-book Review
“At as soon as jaunty and erudite . . . The writing easily shines.” — San Francisco Chronicle
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