A book about the writing of a book - watch Lee Child write one of his bestselling Jack Reacher thrillers.
Dr Andy Martin is a lecturer in French literature and philosophy at the University of Cambridge. He has written books about Napoleon, Brigitte Bardot, Sartre and Camus, and surfing. He has also written for The Times, the New York Times, the Independent and Prospect magazine.
"Fascinating, literary criticism as never practised before, over
the shoulder as the writer writes - properly compelling reading for
anybody who likes Lee Child novels, which is to say anybody who
enjoys thrillers, which is to say anybody who values being told a
story....revelatory...[Child says] "I don't begin with the writer:
I begin with the reader." He does - and that's why he is the most
commanding brand in fiction now."
*Evening Standard*
"I found it very entertaining. Until Child can be persuaded to
publish his own version of Stephen King's On Writing, I think it
will be a wise investment for anybody who wants to write popular
fiction."
*Daily Telegraph*
"It is as if Jack Reacher wrote literary criticism instead of
beating bad guys to death with his elbows...because of Child's
eloquent fascination with his craft, this book happens to be a
better manural of writing than any manual of writing. It's also a
entertaining buddy-suspense movie."
*Financial Times*
"It's fascinating to watch the process of writing unfolding in real
time...it shouldn't work - after all writing is a predominantly
mental activity - and yet it does in a way that makes you wonder
why no one's thought of doing this before....Andy Martin has
created something new here: a fusion of literary criticism,
biography and fly-on-the-wall meta-novel which serves as a
remarkable insight into the creative process."
*Spectator*
"Love Jack Reacher? You'll have to enjoy this....revels in the
minutiae you didn't realise you wanted to know."
*Shortlist*
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