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The Salinger Contract: A Novel (2013)

di Adam Langer

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Fiction. Literature. HTML: An enthralling literary mystery that connects some of the world's most famous authors�??from Norman Mailer and Truman Capote to B. Traven and J. D. Salinger�??to a sinister collector in Chicago Adam Langer, the narrator of this deft and wide-ranging novel by the author of the same name, tells the intertwining tales of two writers navigating a plot neither one of them could have ever imagined. There may be no other escape than to write their way out of it. Adam is a writer and stay-at-home dad in Bloomington, Indiana, drawn into an uneasy friendship with the charismatic and bestselling thriller author Conner Joyce. Conner is having trouble writing his next book, and when a menacing stranger approaches him with an odd�??and lucrative�??proposal, events quickly begin to spiral out of control. A novel of literary crimes and misdemeanors, The Salinger Contract will delight anyone who loves a fast-paced story told with humor, wit, and in… (altro)

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Belle trame qui vous porte à lire jusqu'à plus soif. Le problème, c'est la conclusion saugrenue. (

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guilmom | Nov 14, 2016 |

This was a fun, thrilling book that I got as a part of my Book Riot Quarterly subscription. (It's true, happiness is books and bookish things!)

This is a modern thriller about writers and the publishing world--so it was interesting to me on so many levels! Characters find themselves in compromising book relationships...and are forced to decide who they are.

It was just a fun, playful read. So glad I picked it up! (

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csweder | Jan 8, 2015 |

A novelist is approached by a mysterious, sinister man who offers him a bizarre but highly lucrative writing contract, one that has supposedly also been taken up by such literary giants as J.D. Salinger and Harper Lee. He takes it, of course, and -- of course -- finds himself caught up in some nefarious doings.

The literary angle here was fun, at least for a bibliophile like me, but the plot is ridiculous. Ridiculous enough, in fact, that I can't believe we're meant to take it especially seriously, which makes it mildly amusing, rather than annoying. Still... it's really, really ridiculous. (

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bragan | Jan 4, 2015 |

Farfetched and fun, with an impossibly romantic conclusion. Recommended for all libraries. (

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librarianarpita | Sep 7, 2014 |

There were some things I found predictable about this story, but that's only because I read so much I'm able to see things that other people don't (or so I'm told). But overall this was a delightfully original premise with excellent writing by an author who knows his stuff. I read it in less than a day; the fusion of literary fiction and crime/drama/thriller/genre fiction was exactly perfect. Highly recommended. The only reason I offer it four stars rather than five? I found the ending to be too rushed and slightly implausible. Adding another 25-30 pages to flesh it out just a tad more would have added much value to the book. (

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For Wendy Salinger, my favorite writer with that surname
As always, for Beate, Nora, and Solveig
As for my parents, I hope someday they'll forgive me
for the secrets I have revealed here

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I never believed a book could save your life.

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Fiction. Literature. HTML:

An enthralling literary mystery that connects some of the world's most famous authors�??from Norman Mailer and Truman Capote to B. Traven and J. D. Salinger�??to a sinister collector in Chicago

Adam Langer, the narrator of this deft and wide-ranging novel by the author of the same name, tells the intertwining tales of two writers navigating a plot neither one of them could have ever imagined. There may be no other escape than to write their way out of it.

Adam is a writer and stay-at-home dad in Bloomington, Indiana, drawn into an uneasy friendship with the charismatic and bestselling thriller author Conner Joyce. Conner is having trouble writing his next book, and when a menacing stranger approaches him with an odd�??and lucrative�??proposal, events quickly begin to spiral out of control.

A novel of literary crimes and misdemeanors, The Salinger Contract will delight anyone who loves a fast-paced story told with humor, wit, and in

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