Jean Hanff Korelitz, The Plot

Jean Hanff Korelitz          

The Plot              

New York Times Bestseller and Indie Next Pick The Plot is the darkly harrowing story of failed author and writing professor, Jake, whose student shares a brilliant novel plot with him. But when the student dies with the book unwritten, Jake helps himself to the plot, which rockets him to instant success. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says. As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his "sure thing" of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?

 

Sponsored by
Gloria & Sanford Spitzer, Susan Nagarkatti,
Staenberg Family Foundation, Clarendale Clayton

Performing Arts Center

10:30 am

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