· The Thieves of Manhattan: A Novel by Adam Langer. NOOK Book (eBook) $ Born and raised in Chicago, Adam Langer is the author of the novels Ellington Boulevard, Crossing California,and The Washington Story. He lives in New York City. Read an Excerpt. Chapter OneISBN · The literary hoax at the heart of Adam Langer’s new novel The Thieves of Manhattan explores the line between fiction and fact, asking readers to examine what kinds of truth they demand from their books. The novel’s outset finds protagonist/narrator Ian Minot working in a coffee shop, watching his too-good-for-him girlfriend Anya begin to succeed in a literary world that repeatedly . Adam Langer's caper of con artists, thug librarians, and fraudulent memoirs moves into that area of truth to which all writers aspire."--Clifford Irving, author of The Autobiography of Howard Hughes and The Hoax "Adam Langer's Thieves of Manhattan is a gleeful addition to the caper canon, a richly twisted narrative that jauntily skewers the publishing business with its bizarre assortment of characters- /5(31).
Adam Langer's The Thieves Of Manhattan is pitched at an enormously specific audience, but those readers will do cartwheels if enough of them find the book. Langer, best known for a number of. Adam Langer is the Forward's senior editor for culture and features. Born and raised in Chicago, he is the author of the novels "Crossing California," "The Washington Story. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Thieves of Manhattan a "delicious satire of the literary world." Here Adam Langer introduces Ian Minoit-an aspiring writer who just can't seem to get published. When Ian's successful girlfriend leaves him for the talentless hack Blade Markham-whose acclaimed memoir Ian is convinced is a fake-he can't understand why he always gets the short end.
Adam Langer's caper of con artists, thug librarians, and fraudulent memoirs moves into that area of truth to which all writers aspire."--Clifford Irving, author of The Autobiography of Howard Hughes and The Hoax "Adam Langer's Thieves of Manhattan is a gleeful addition to the caper canon, a richly twisted narrative that jauntily skewers the publishing business with its bizarre assortment of characters--eccentric, egomaniacal agents, sell-out publishers, success-crazed (illiterate) authors. A dizzyingly clever novel from Langer (My Father’s Bonus March, , etc.) that explores the thin line between fact and fiction, and between memoir and novel. Narrator Ian Minot, a frustrated writer, is angry that a hack named Blade Markham is being celebrated for a memoir about growing up on the mean streets of New York City, a memoir Ian is convinced Markham made up, his street cred being limited to copping an attitude and inserting “yo” at the end of every sentence. By Adam Langer (Spiegel Grau; pages; $15 paperback) In his latest novel, "The Thieves of Manhattan," Adam Langer serves the literary world its own head on a platter, most notably the phonies.
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