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Journal Entry 1 by BooksnBeer from Annandale, Virginia USA on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
 From the back cover:
In this riveting new novel, James A. Michener, America's preeminent bestselling author, plunges us into the exciting world he knows so well: the world of books. Here is the fascinating story of a writer, editor, critic, and reader locked in a desperate scenario of life, death, love, and truth.
Lukas Yoder, a novelist who has had a long, successful career, has written what he believes to be his final book - until tragedy strikes his community and he becomes obsessed with writing about it... Yoder's editor must fight to perserve her integrity-and her author-as her firm becomes the target of a corporate takeover...A critic who teaches literature near Yoder's hometown struggles with his feelings about Yoder's success, and his own ambitions...And finally, a devoted reader helps Yoder solve the mystery that is destroying their community.
Amazon Editorial Review:
"A good, old-fashioned, sink-your-teeth-into-it story...Suspenseful."
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
James Michener turns the creation and publication of a novel into an extroardinary and exciting experience as he renders believable the intriguing personalities who are the parents to its birth: a writer, editor, critic, and reader are locked in the desperate scenario of life, death, love, and truth. As immediate as today's headlines, as close as the bookshelves, THE NOVEL is a fascinating look into the glamorous world of the writer.
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club
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The Novel
