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The Bookmakers
Just when he finally comes up with a fabulous idea for a novel about a burnt-out writer who decides to commit suicide, Mack Green discovers that his publisher, who thinks that the book works better as nonfiction, has hired a hit man to insure that idea.
261 pages, Hardcover
First published March 7, 1995
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June 19, 2024
Great read!
I think this book will be enjoyable for a lot of different people, but especially for current and former writers. It hits all the highs and lows of the profession, and I’m glad to say that it has a happy ending.
I think this book will be enjoyable for a lot of different people, but especially for current and former writers. It hits all the highs and lows of the profession, and I’m glad to say that it has a happy ending.
May 24, 2017
2.5 stars
August 15, 2012
If you like Elmore Leonard, find a copy of this book!
The title is a play on the people who write, publish and promote books as well as the traditional "bookies" of the betting world. Writer Mack Green, has had quite a dry spell and then he is held up by a punk one night. Ironically, this is just the thing he needs since it seems to inspire his muse! Now he's got this brilliant idea to write a novel about the last year of a guy's life before he commits suicide.
The outrageous situations and characters in this book and the twists and turns are just plain fun, if not a little cynical. Chafets is right up there with Leonard, when it comes to laughing at self-absorbed characters looking to make a buck off their fellow man.
The title is a play on the people who write, publish and promote books as well as the traditional "bookies" of the betting world. Writer Mack Green, has had quite a dry spell and then he is held up by a punk one night. Ironically, this is just the thing he needs since it seems to inspire his muse! Now he's got this brilliant idea to write a novel about the last year of a guy's life before he commits suicide.
The outrageous situations and characters in this book and the twists and turns are just plain fun, if not a little cynical. Chafets is right up there with Leonard, when it comes to laughing at self-absorbed characters looking to make a buck off their fellow man.
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