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Muse

Jonathan Galassi author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:14th Jul '16

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The story of the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions over the work of an iconic female poet

Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices belie the treasures of its list.

Paul Dukach is heir apparent at Purcell & Stern, one of the last independent publishing houses in New York, whose shabby offices belie the treasures of its list.

Paul remains obsessed by one dazzling writer: poet Ida Perkins, whose outsize life and audacious verse have shaped America‘s contemporary literary landscape, and whose longtime publisher happens to be Purcell & Stern’s biggest rival.

When Paul finally meets Ida, at her secluded Venetian palazzo, she entrusts him with her greatest secret – one that will change all of their lives forever.

Stylish * Observer *
Entertaining * New Yorker *
Entertaining, keenly observed, incisive * New York Times *
Compelling… Galassi propels his readers forward on a thought-provoking, often hilarious, bittersweet ride… A bravura first novel * Los Angeles Review of Books *
Accomplished, entertaining, affecting * New York Journal of Books *

ISBN: 9781784701109

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 17mm

Weight: 193g

272 pages