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Cargando... Blind Submission (2007)por Debra Ginsberg
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Books can be a dangerous business . . . When Blue Moon Books, the Bay Area bookstore where Angel Robinson has worked since college, is squeezed out of business, Angel is forced to find a new job. She lucks into a position as the assistant to the world-renowned literary agent Lucy Fiamma. Angel soon learns that working for Lucy is no picnic. The agent has a blockbuster ego to match her blockbuster success and Angel must juggle both her boss's prima donna demands and the strange quirks of her authors. But Angel soon becomes indispensible to the agency and develops a keen understanding of big projects and the writers who create them. What she doesn't realize is just how far one of them will go to get published. One day, a chapter from a mysterious manuscript by an anonymous author arrives at the office. Set in a New York literary agency, the novel, titled Blind Submission, centers on the ambitious assistant to a successful literary agent. Angel is pulled in by the plot--but her initial curiosity soon turns to panic. As the story unfolds--with chapters e-mailed in one by one--it becomes clear that the mystery author is writing the story of Angel's own life, including secrets she thought were deeply hidden. Someone is watching her, even plotting against her. Could it be her backstabbing coworker, her jealous boyfriend, or her seductive new client? When the novel's plot turns to murder, Angel knows that if she doesn't discover the author's identity before the final chapter is written, more than just her career will be cut short. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Blind Submission is the story of Angel who loves books and does not aspire to be a writer. When the bookshop she works for goes out of business, her boyfriend (the waiter/writer) convinces her to apply for a job with the world renowned literary agent, Lucy.
Angel gets sucked in so deeply, I actually started fretting for her. To say the place is dysfunctional would be like saying books are only good as decorations. Angel's co-workers live in fear of Lucy, and are generally paranoid about Angel.
Angel's good at her job, quick to develop good relationships with writers and their publishers. And that is highly resented. Discovering she actually likes the work, if not the hours and the pressure, she lets Lucy pile on.
And then, the Blind Submission appears in Angel's email, submitted by an anonymous author. It turns out the book is the book within the book and is about Angel's life, as can only be told by someone who is very intimate with her.
I found myself relating to Angel a lot. The crazy workplace, the exhilaration of doing something you're good at and love doing ... it's all there. Then, of course, the rug gets pulled out from under her and it's so funny, I almost cried. The hints are there and when the reveal occurs, there's the "AHA!" moment followed by the, "oh, now I see it and it makes complete sense" moment.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, although some of the characters fell a little flat for me. It was a good, engrossing read and reinforces what I already knew about Debra Ginsberg, she's a helluva story teller. (