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The Secret Life of Robert E Pendleton

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

It’s been over a decade since Robert Pendleton published his brilliant short story debut, and his hopes for a dazzling literary career now lie in tatters. Hanging on to his tenure in literature at Bannockburn college by the slimmest of threads, Pendleton’s simmering despair boils over with the arrival on campus of his one-time friend, now nemesis, the bestselling author and king of the coffee-table book, David Horowitz.
For Pendleton, death seems to be the only remaining option, but his attempt to kill himself is wrecked by the intervention of Adi Wiltshire, a graduate student battling her own demons of failure and thwarted ambition. Whilst Pendleton recovers from his suicide attempt, Adi discovers a novel hidden in his basement: a brilliant, bitter story with a gruesome murder at its core.
The publication of Scream causes a storm of publicity, a whirlwind into which Adi and Horowitz are thrust – along with the sister of a young girl whose real-life, unsolved murder bears an uncanny resemblance to the crime in Pendleton’s novel and a burnt-out cop with secrets of his own, who is determined to prove that in this case fact and fiction are one and the same

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Michael
Collins

Michael Collins was born in Limerick, Ireland. He is a novelist, screenwriter, software developer and elite runner. He is the author of ten works of fiction which have been translated into twenty languages. He is the recipient of numerous New York Times Notable Book of the Year Awards. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.  Collins was a writer on the film Julia, starring Oscar-winning actress, Tilda Swinton which garnered numerous international film awards.

Michael Collins was born in Limerick, Ireland. He is a novelist, screenwriter, software developer and elite runner. He is the author of ten works of fiction which have been translated into twenty languages. He is the recipient of numerous New York Times Notable Book of the Year Awards. His novel The Keepers of Truth was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.  Collins was a writer on the film Julia, starring Oscar-winning actress, Tilda Swinton which garnered numerous international film awards.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Ireland
Original Language
English
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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