Dead Writers in Rehab

Dead Writers in Rehab

Editura
An publicare
2017
Nr. Pagini
400
ISBN
9781783523559

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WhenliteraryreprobateFosterJameswakesupinastrangecountryhouse,heassumeshe'sbeenconsignedtorehab(yetagain)byhisdwindlingbandoffriendsandgrowingcollectionofex-wives.Buthesoonrealisesthere'ssomethingabitdifferentaboutthisplaceafterhegetspunchedinthefacebyErnestHemingway.
IsFosterdead?Hashisless-than-saintlyexistencefinallycaughtupwithhim?AfteranacrimoniousgrouptherapysessionwithHunterSThompson,Colette,WilliamBurroughs,andColeridge,itseemsprettylikely.Buthestillfeelsalive,especiallyafteranup-closeandpersonalone-on-onesessionwithDorothyParker.
Whenhediscoversthatthetwoenigmaticdoctorswhoruntheinstitutionarebeingtornapartbyathwartedloveaffair,heandtheotherwritersmustworktogethertosavesomethingthat,foronce,isbiggerthantheirowngiganticegos.
Thisisalovestory.It'sforanyonewholoveswritingandwriters.It'salsoastoryaboutthestrangeandterribleloveaffairbetweencreativityandaddiction,toldbyacharming,selfishbastardwhofinallyconfrontshisdemonsinaplacethat'spartPriory,partPurgatory,andwherethewildestfictioncantellthesoberesttruth.

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