“I’ve Always Been a Sucker for a Good Story”

It’s been a little over two years since I began my sideline in literary event hosting with a reception for Adam Langer upon the publication of Ellington Boulevard. Yesterday I was sent a URL for the promotional trailer for his next novel, The Thieves of Manhattan, which is coming out this summer, and I couldn’t wait to share it with you. Any of you who followed my career at GalleyCat, or are simply aware of certain scandals within the publishing industry over the last four years, will be rather amused by the central conceit.

Let’s put it this way: The novel has blurbs from Laura Albert and Clifford Irving—I’ve got the galley on my desk, and even though pub date is still three months off, it’s moved about six slots up my to-do list.

6 April 2010 | read this |