I Killed Hemingway

Was Ernest Hemingway a plagiarist? Did he thirst after the blood of matadors? Was there more to his relationship with Gertrude Stein than he let on? What really happened to the suitcase full of irreplaceable manuscripts that Hadley lost at the train station? And was Hemingway's suicide, in fact, a cold-blooded murder? These are only a few of the scandalous questions raised by one "Pappy" Markham of Key West, an irascible old derelict with a sixty-year grudge against his alleged pal and larcenous protege, Ernest Hemingway. Eager for his story, publisher Warren &amp; Dudge dispatches literary hack Elliot McGuire to edit the manuscript. When Elliot, a none-too-stable ex-Hemingway scholar himself, discovers there's nothing on paper, he agrees to a scam - in exchange for Pappy's advance, he'll ghost a manuscript. It's an ill-fated entry into the snake pit of Pappy's bizarre world, and Elliot barely makes it back to New York with his mind and soul intact after a rough ride through the fantasy landscape of Hemingway's Paris and beyond. When Pappy's "memoir" I Killed Hemingway is an instant best-seller and Pappy a riotous hit on the talk-show circuit, a remorseful Elliot must try to turn back the forces he helped unleash - as a hungry national media turns scandal into history revised. William McCranor Henderson has written a masterfully comic, inventive, and provocative novel.

Literature & Fiction

Henderson, William McCranor

United States

St Martins Pr

Stark Raving Elvis

A down-and-out factory worker with a dream of pursuing a career as an Elvis impersonator, Byron Bluford pursues his quest, heading for Las Vegas to pursue the very life of his idol, following a fast-lane road of sex, drugs, fantasy, and rock and roll. Reprint. NYT. "

Simon&Schuster

This how-to book for would-be rockers covers all the dos and don'ts of forming a band: from the initial phase of putting together a group and rehearsing through finding an agent and booking gigs, touring and life on the road, and the final push for a record contract. 25 photos.

Running Your Rock Band: Rehearsing, Financing, Touring, Succeeding

Arts & Photography

Music

Schirmer Trade Books

"Funny and revealing," Nikki Giovanni, New York Times "Nothing if not sure-handed," Philadelphia Inquirer "The first instance of a serious rock novel" - St. Louis Post Dispatch "A rich, comic, crazy picture of pop insanity." - Boston Herald "Profoundly concerned with American culture and its myths." - Ed Ward, The Village Voice Byron Bluford is an assembly line worker who performs Elvis songs on the weekends. His local nickname is “Blue-Suede” and folks in Portland, Maine have long written him off as a loser. But one day Elvis Presley dies. Once the shock wears off, Byron is certain that The King’s spirit has been reborn in him, and it’s his mission to complete Elvis’s career. The power of his delusion takes him all the way to Las Vegas, and propels him to the very top of the Elvis impersonator universe—and unforeseen disaster.

Willowdell Books

What happens when a down-and-out factory worker in Portland, Maine refuses to give up that one shining dream? Byron "Blue-Suede" Bluford's memory of his Elvis impersonation at the high school talent show has nourished his soul and fueled his fantasies ever since. But now Byron's headed for Vegas, to live out not only the stage persona but the very life of his idol. He's living in a fast-lane world of sex, drugs, and delusion. And he's gone stark raving Elvis ...

Humor & Satire

The Devault-Graves Agency

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I Killed Hemingway

Stark Raving Elvis

Running Your Rock Band: Rehearsing, Financing, Touring, Succeeding

Stark Raving Elvis

Stark Raving Elvis