Best Book in the World.
Title:
Best Book in the World.
Author:
Stjernström, Peter.
ISBN:
9781780942261
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (281 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- In Which the Author Decides Who Decides -- The Battle for The Best Book in the World -- Slam -- Battles and Ideas -- A Star Publisher Enthuses -- Chez Astra -- Evita's Conditions -- Deadlock -- Learning for Life -- A Divine Pizza -- Foreword -- The Bottom on the Crutch -- The Start of the Hunt -- The ABC Method -- At the Library -- Serial Salvador -- The Return of Fabian Nadersson -- Meeting about Alchemists -- A Worthwhile Art Round -- The Best Pizza Recipe in the World -- White Coat -- The Calm of Stockholm -- Dark Clouds Appear -- Other Sides -- Now We'll Get the Bastard! -- The Best Nautical Metaphors in the World -- Teambuilding -- Come Aboard Amour -- The Evening Breeze Blows up -- Working Period -- The Return of Nadersson -- Theatre at the Theatre -- The Law of Happy Endings -- Autumn Leaves -- Country Life -- Renewed Efforts -- The Laws of Nature -- On the Road -- Party Prison -- The Contract -- To Gothenburg -- The Book Fair Begins -- the Book Ends -- In Which Reality Catches up with the Author and His Readers.
Abstract:
Who will win the race to write the best book in the world, and to what unimaginable lengths will they go to get there first? A hilarious tale of authorly competition.Titus Jensen is middle-aged, has a fondness for alcohol, and makes ends meet by giving public readings from obscure books at festivals across Sweden. He can't help thinking there has to be more to life for an author of his quality. Eddie X is hip, a hit with the ladies, and loves being the center of attention. A radical poet and regular on the festival circuit, he can't help thinking there has to be more to life for a talented, good-looking man like himself. One night, after a successful event-Titus reads from The Diseases of Swedish Monarchs and Eddie X waxes lyrical to the thrashing tones of metal band The Tourettes-the unlikely pair get horribly drunk together and hatch a plan to achieve worldwide recognition. The answer is to write the best book in the world-a book so amazing that it will end up on all the bestseller lists in every category imaginable: thriller, self-help, cooking, business, dieting-a book that combines everything in one! But there can only be one such book, and as the alcohol-induced haze clears both men realize they are not willing to share the limelight. Hilariously quirky and witty, this novel will take readers on a meandering race to the finish line, throwing plenty of satirical punches along the way.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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