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![]() | The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton (2006) (The Death of a Writer) A novel by Michael Collins |
For Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, halted at the last moment by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. During Pendleton's long convalescence, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child-murder at its core.
The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity: a whirlwind into which Adi, Horowitz and the still-incapacitated Pendleton are thrust. The novel is treated as an existential masterpiece and looks set to bring its author the success he's always sought - when, ironically, he is no longer in a condition to appreciate it - until questions begin to be asked about its content: in particular about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton's fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. Enter Jon Ryder, a world-weary detective who could have walked off the pages of a police thriller, and the hunt for the murderer is on.
The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity: a whirlwind into which Adi, Horowitz and the still-incapacitated Pendleton are thrust. The novel is treated as an existential masterpiece and looks set to bring its author the success he's always sought - when, ironically, he is no longer in a condition to appreciate it - until questions begin to be asked about its content: in particular about the uncanny resemblance between Pendleton's fictional crime and a real-life, unresolved local murder. Enter Jon Ryder, a world-weary detective who could have walked off the pages of a police thriller, and the hunt for the murderer is on.
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Hardback Editions
August 2008 : Hardback
| Title: Death Of A Writer Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 1-59691-229-4 / 9781596912298 (USA edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury US Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2006 : Hardback
| Title: Death of a Writer: A Novel Author(s): Michael Collins Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Availability: Amazon More details... |
April 2006 : Hardback
| Title: The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 0-297-85083-0 / 978-0-297-85083-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Death of a Writer: A Novel Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 1-59691-306-1 / 9781596913066 (USA edition) Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 0-7538-2060-9 / 978-0-7538-2060-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Phoenix Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Paperback
| Title: Death of a Writer : A Novel Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 1-55278-637-4 / 9781552786376 (USA edition) Publisher: McArthur & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
April 2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 0-297-84836-4 / 978-0-297-84836-3 (UK edition) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2006 : Paperback
| Title: The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton Author(s): Michael Collins ISBN: 1-55278-582-3 / 9781552785829 (USA edition) Publisher: Mcarthur & Company Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
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July 2010 : Kindle edition
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