I was surprised to learn that Caleb Carr’s novel “The Alienist” will soon be a TNT miniseries—not because it lacked fans (it reached the top 10 of The New York Times’ Bestseller list in 1994),
Ravenmasters and cults
A couple of cool book deals caught my attention this week, via Publishers Marketplace.
First up,
The New York Times goes to 11: It’s 11 new books they recommend
This week’s “11 New Books We Recommend this Week” from The New York Times includes the latest in the Jack Reacher series;
#TBT It’s Harold Robbins’ The Lonely Lady
In the spirit of #tbt is Harold Robbins’ 1976 novel, “The Lonely Lady.” I’d thought a lot of Robbins’s work was a slight step above dime-store schlock,
Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists … and a whole bunch of other phonies
When you create a work of fiction, the world is whatever you want it to be. But “Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes,
Writer blows $10k on a glass of fake Scotch
The Washington Post has an interesting article about a bestselling Chinese writer who dropped ten grand on a rare Scotch,
The Brothers: A tragedy decades in the making
Through a recent conversation about Russian politics, I learned about Masha Gessen’s 2015 book “The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy,” about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar “Jahar”
Who Murdered Fonzie?
Interesting news of a publishing deal today, via Publisher’s Marketplace:
James Boice, author of MVP has sold a comedic noir entitled Who Killed the Fonz?
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