How I Became a Famous Novelist
by Steve Hely,
Black Cat, publisher
If Holden Caulfield got a bogus job writing essays for some lame students applying to lousy Ivy League colleges or some crap like that, he'd write this novel. I admit it's been some time since I read Catcher in the Rye (I should read it again, RIP JD Salinger), but I think Steve Hely has read it recently. He's got the tone down perfectly: smart, smart-alecky, maybe even wise, though I'm not sure yet.
But this is a funny book. A cynical look at book publishing and novel-writing and the whole literary scene. I'm loving every badly-written, carefully-punctuated sentence. As he observes, so does he write. I didn't actually notice that at first but my astute literature-loving daughter who's also reading this book, showed me and I am the richer for it. Well, it's making the read even more fun.
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