A ladder to the sky : a novel
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Published
London ; Hogarth, [2018].
Format
Book
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
362 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
Fiction Boyne, J
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Fiction Boyne, J
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Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Boyne, J
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Fiction Boyne, J
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Southside - Adult
Fiction Boyne, J
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Published
London ; Hogarth, [2018].
Edition
First United States edition.
Language
English
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Description
Aspiring writer Maurice Swift, whose desire for fame exceeds his talent, uses a chance meeting with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a West Berlin hotel in 1988 to obtain secrets about Ackermann's wartime activities, which becomes material for his first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall.
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