Publish This Book by Stephen Markley

Publish This Book by Stephen Markley

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Publish This Book by Stephen Markley

From the author of Ohio (Best Books of Summer 2018 Selection in Time, Vulture, and the New York Post) comes a brilliant, hilarious, and deeply touching memoir that blows the roof off the genre.

Fed up with the complicated quest of trying to get a book published, Stephen Markley decided to cut to the chase and simply write a memoir about trying to publish a book-this book, to be precise. It's the most "meta" experiment he's ever untaken, and like a Mobius strip in book form, the concept is circular, self-indulgent, and-maybe, possibly, hopefully-brilliant.

For fans of Dave Eggers and David Sedaris, Publish This Book is the modern day saga of an idealistic, ambitious, audacious, unyielding young writer who is tired of waiting his turn. Like any work that claims gleefully to be about nothing, it's really about pretty much everything-sex, drugs, politics, pop-culture, ex-girlfriends and sexy vampires. From the hope of early adulthood to the rage of life's many (unavoidable) disappointments, it is a story of overcoming the obstacles and discovering a happy ending at last.

Most importantly, it's a story that will inspire readers to find their true voice in their work and in their life.

Stephen Markley is a journalist, scriptwriter, and novelist. Markley is a graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop and the author of the memoir Publish This Book: The Incredible Real Story of How I Wrote, Sold, and Published This Exact Book, as well as the travelogue Tales of Iceland. He currently resides in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13 9781402229350
ISBN 10 1402229356
Title Publish This Book
Author Stephen Markley
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Sourcebooks, Inc
Year published 2010-03-01
Number of pages 480
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.