Synopsis
Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2022
When a young writer dies before completing his first novel, his teacher, Jake, (himself a failed novelist) helps himself to its plot.
The resulting book is a phenomenal success. But what if somebody out there knows? Somebody does. And if Jake can't figure out who he's dealing with, he risks something far worse than the loss of his career.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- ISBN: 9780571368099
- Number of pages: 336
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
- Weight: 279g
- Languages: English
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Well Written, Highly Suspenseful
Meet Jake Finch Bonner ... he's an author of a couple of books and while neither were greatly received, it was enough to land him a position of teaching in... READ MORE
TOP PLOT
Well, I will not give the plot away... it would be totally wrong! Suffice it to say, that I have enjoyed this literary, writerly thriller tremendously. Th... READ MORE
A clever book about writers
The Plot is a very clever book about the world of writing and whether stealing a plot really constitutes plagiarism.
Jacob Finch Bonner is a teacher at a... READ MORE
An excellent thriller
The Plot is an excellent literary thriller about what happens when you live with a lie and what lengths you will go to keep it that way. The tension is rat... READ MORE
Gripping, page turner with unique book inside a book concept!
Writing a book within a book was a really interesting concept for a thriller & I absolutely loved it!! After his first novel soars, Jake is left teaching c... READ MORE
Unusual book within a book
Like other readers, this book took me a while to get into. I think possibly it was the long paragraph style that I struggled with. I didn’t particularly li... READ MORE
Good but not the greatest plot!
A young writer dies before completing his novel and his teacher ( a failed novelist) helps himself to the plot . The book is a bestseller but someone out t... READ MORE
" Creative Writing "
Jake, a struggling failed novelist, runs a creative writing course. On meeting a new intake of students for the first time, Jake is faced with student who ... READ MORE
She just managed to capture this desperate soul so well.
Thanks to the publisher for the advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review.
Contains mild spoilers.
There is something very inception-y ab... READ MORE
An intricate murder mystery when an author becomes embroiled with tragic family
A book of two parts. A one book wonder author struggling to find inspiration struggling with doubts related not only to his chosen career but all aspects o... READ MORE
An entertaining literary thriller
This was an enjoyable, gripping and clever literary thriller in which Jacob Finch Bonner, a disillusioned writer now teaching on a creative writing course,... READ MORE
A -mazing (bookswithstace_)
The Plot / Jean Hanff Korelitz
The Plot, is a psychological thriller, unlike any I have read before and I have to say I really enjoyed it .
It was slow g... READ MORE
Clever psychological thriller
‘Anyone can be a writer’, so says a supremely arrogant and abrasive student of Jacob Finch Bonner, a once promising author now struggling to maintain that ... READ MORE
A thought-provoking and entertaining literary thriller
The Plot is an entertaining psychological thriller exploring the world of aspiring authors and the publishing industry.
The first part of the book is set o... READ MORE
Twisty and Entertaining
I think it was Twain who said ‘write what you know’, and quite a few writers appear to take that advice literally and write about, well, writing. And I don... READ MORE
The plot of this book plus the fictional book within it seamlessly intertwine so much they compliment each other without being repetitive.
Thanks to NetGalley and Faber & Faber for the advanced copy review.
MAJOR PLOT SPOILERS
There is something very inception-y about writing a book about wr... READ MORE
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