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An absurdly amusing The New York Times Book Review sequel to Martha Grimess bestselling novel Foul Matter this wicked satire of the publishing industry is comic caustic and relentlessly readable BooklistWriter Cindy Sella is having trouble with her new novel Aside from her paralyzing writers block shes faced with a lawsuit from her ex-agent L Bass Hess Hess will stop at nothing to collect a commission from Cindy on her previous novel which he did not represent since she had fired him long before it was published Hitmen Candy and Karlfirst introduced in Foul Matterare asked to get rid of L Bass Hess They join forces with a publishing mogul a bestselling author an out-of-work Vegas magician an alligator wrangler a glamorous Malaysian con lady and Hesss aunt in the Everglades who has undergone a wildly successful sex change and concoct a plan to save Cindy Sella from the odious machinations of Hess by driving him slowly hilariously crazy Grimess fans will delight in the return of several colorful characters from Foul Matter including Senior Editor Clive Esterhaus unprincipled publisher Bobby Mackenzie and ex-mobster and author Danny Zito currently under the witness protection program New readers will find that these characters and their escapades shed an amusing light on the New York publishing scene Informed and influenced by the authors own publishing adventures The Way of All Fish is a goofily offbeat delight The Washington Post.



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Martha Grimes

Martha Grimes is the bestselling author of twenty-one Richard Jury novels, as well as the novels Dakota and Foul Matter, among others. Her previous two Jury books, The Old Wine Shades and Dust, both appeared on the New York Times bestseller list.



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