by L. Ron Hubbard

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The story opens with Horace Hackett, a mid-grade novelist who has spent all of his most recent book advance without yet writing a word. The book is promised to be out by year's-end and there are but two months left to the year. Thus, the publisher's agent pays Horace Hackett a visit to demand a progress report. He finds Horace at home entertaining a friend, Mike de Wolf.

Mike is a talented pianist who is scheduled to audition for the New York Philh...