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The Writing Class: A Novel (Amy Gallup #1) (Paperback)

The Writing Class: A Novel (Amy Gallup #1) By Jincy Willett Cover Image
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This is book number 1 in the Amy Gallup series.


Description


Amy Gallup was a promising writer once--published and highly praised at twenty-two. It was all downhill from there, and now, year in and year out, she teaches a writing workshop at the local university extension. And this semester begins just the same as the others. But then there's a threatening phone call, followed by obscene threats worked into the student's peer evaluations. Then a murder--and every one of the students is a suspect. The clues are hidden in their writing, and she (and we) can solve the murder only by looking more closely at each writer's attempts at fiction. Hilarious, vicious, and elegantly written, The Writing Class examines the desperation, perversion, and mania of the writing life through an unforgettable mystery story.

About the Author


JINCY WILLETT is the author of Jenny and the Jaws of Life, Winner of the National Book Award, and The Writing Class, which have been translated and sold internationally. Her stories have been published in Cosmopolitan, McSweeney's Quarterly and other magazines. She frequently reviews for The New York Times Book Review.

Praise For…


“Willett's delicious satire savages every literary pretension imaginable.” —The Miami Herald

The Writing Class is alternately funny, sweet, and suspenseful. It's a mystery written for book lovers.” —The Buffalo News

“Willett's zany humor is blended with intelligence and empathy for people worth knowing. . . . She is never boring, and has a way of bonding the reader to herself.” —The Providence Journal

“A marvelous toy of a book, full of wry surprises and sly twists . . . extremely clever and quite enjoyable.” —Booklist

Product Details
ISBN: 9780312428419
ISBN-10: 0312428413
Publisher: Picador
Publication Date: May 26th, 2009
Pages: 336
Language: English
Series: Amy Gallup