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Joe Goffman, a successful writer who has just had his novel turned into a hit movie, returns to his hometown only to realize his friends and family feel betrayed and insulted at how they were portrayed in his book.

Facing an inexorable assault on far more than his life, successful family man and bestselling novelist Cullen "Cubby" Greenwich finds himself in a desperate struggle with relentless sociopath and reclusive critic Shearman Waxx.

"A magnificently crafted story of the remarkable friendship between the Langs and Morgans...A novel brimming with wisdom on subjects as diverse as writing for money, solid marriages, and academic promotion policies--with page after page of the superb descriptive writing that has been a hallmark of his work from the start and with a marvelous extended family of unforgettable major and minor characters."--back cover.

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime-- and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.

Contains 348 alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about the lives and works of short fiction authors; and includes twelve essays that provide an overview of the development of short fiction, an annotated bibliography of short fiction criticism, a chronology, and a glossary.

Maris Matherly-Reed is more than an editor. She's also the beloved daughter of the publishing house's highly respected and successful leader, and the wife of Matherly Press' second-in-command, the smooth, suave, double-dealing Noah Reed. Reed, it develops, is the real target of the literary scam set up by the reclusive writer of the novel whose opening pages so captivate Reed's spouse. P.M.E., the writer, has a score to settle with Maris' husband, and he doesn't care who he hurrts as long as he brings Noah down.

With a bit of guilt, Thad retires George Stark, his pseudonym, only to have him appear as a killing machine that destroys everyone on the path that leads to the man who created him.