The plot / Jean Hanff Korelitz.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250790767 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 125079076X (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 322 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.
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Subject: | Plagiarism > Fiction. Authors > Fiction. Theft > Fiction. Novelists > Fiction. Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) > Authorship > Fiction. Truthfulness and falsehood > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 1 of 3 copies available at Kenton County.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | KOREL J (Text) | 33126025341201 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Erlanger Branch | KOREL J (Text) | 33126025341177 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/09/2024 |
Independence Branch | KOREL J (Text) | 33126024899795 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/11/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2020 December
Author of
Copyright 2020 Library Journal.You Should Have Known , basis of the new HBO showThe Undoing , Korelitz returns with the story of washed-up novelist Jake Finch Bonner, now teaching in a minor MFA program. When full-of-himself student Evan Parker boasts that he's devised an unbeatable plot, Jake has to agreeâand then steals the plot after Evan's untimely death. But can he get away with the theft? With a 200,000-copy first printing. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2021 May
Jake Bonner, a once-promising novelist, now finds himself washed up and teaching in a third-rate creative writing program. During his tenure, Jake meets Evan Parker, an arrogant new student who thinks his work is bound for literary glory. Jake learns that Evan does have talent, and he braces himself for the possibility of Evan's meteoric rise. But after a few years, it hasn't happened. Jake discovers that Evan has died unexpectedly without publishing his work, so he steals the plot of one of Evan's stories; the resulting work achieves fame in the literary world. Then Jake receives an email calling him out for the theft and threatening to discredit him. Events spiral out of control as Jake tries to figure out who wants to expose him. Further complications arise when he discovers that his cocky student may have had secrets of his own.
Copyright 2021 Library Journal.VERDICT Fans of slow-burn, character-driven thrillers will enjoy this story of an author who has a secret he is desperately trying to keep. Recommended for fans of secrets-fueled suspense writers like Jennifer Hillier, Clare Mackintosh, and Gilly Macmillan.âBill Anderson, Scott County Public Library, Scottsburg, IN