{"product_id":"author-author-paperback","title":"Author, Author - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Lodge\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A cunning, audacious portait of Henry James.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHenry James takes center stage in this brilliant story about literary ambition, creativity, and rivalry as revealed in the public career and private life of this most singular writer. Framed by a moving and dramatic account of his last illness, \u003ci\u003e Author\u003c\/i\u003e opens in the early 1880s, describing James's close friendship with an illustrator named George du Maurier and his intimate but problematic relationship with fellow American novelist Constance Fenimore Woolson. At the end of the decade, Henry, worried by the failure of his books to sell, resolves to achieve fame and fortune as a playwright, while du Maurier diversifies into writing novels. The consequences that ensue mingle comedy, irony, pathos, and suspense. As Du Maurier's novel \u003ci\u003eTrilby\u003c\/i\u003e becomes the bestseller of the century, Henry anxiously awaits the opening night of his make-or-break play, \u003ci\u003eGuy Domville\u003c\/i\u003e. This event, on January 5, 1895, and its complex sequel form the climax to Lodge's absorbing novel.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new literary, historical novel from the popular author of Therapy and Thinks. \u003cbr\u003eThe protagonist is the American novelist Henry James, and the focus is on James's friendship with George Du Maurier, the famous \"Punch artist and illustrator, and on his literary middle years - the 1880s. Henry is seriously worried by the declining popularity of his books and decides to try his hand as a playwright. At the same time, George Du Maurier diversifies into writing novels. The consequences for both men are surprising, ironic, comic and tragic by turns. As Du Maurier's Trilby, much to the bewilderment of its author himself, becomes the bestseller of the century, Henry anxiously awaits the first night of his make-or-break play, \"Guy Domville. \u003cbr\u003eThronged with vividly drawn characters, Author, Author presents a fascinating panorama of literary and theatrical life in late Victorian England, which in many ways, foreshadowed today's cultural mix of art, commerce and publicity. But it is essentially a novel about authorship - about the obsessions, hopes, triumphs and disappointments of those who live by the pen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Lodge is the author of twelve novels and a novella, including the Booker Prize finalists \u003cb\u003eSmall World\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eNice Work\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of many works of literary criticism, including \u003cb\u003eThe Art of Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eConsciousness and the Novel\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 7.87 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47261023142137,"sku":"9780143036098","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pGKti-FJ6y9780143036098.webp?v=1768792915","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/author-author-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}