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Author:

Dahlie, Michael.

Title:

The best of youth : a novel / Michael Dahlie.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

261 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Benefactors--Fiction.
Ghostwriters--Fiction.
Courtesy--Fiction.
Publishers and publishing--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Philanthropists--Fiction.
Ghostwriters--Fiction.
Courtesy--Fiction.
Publishers and publishing--Fiction.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Humorous fiction.

Summary:

Twenty-something Henry Lang moves to Brooklyn to make it as a writer after losing his parents in a sailing accident and inheriting their fortune, but he finds himself in trouble when he is chosen to ghost-write a young adult novel for a violent, drug-addicted celebrity.

Indexed by:

Booklist, November 2012
Kirkus Review, October 2012
Booklist
Kirkus Review

ISBN:

0393081850
9780393081855 (trade)

LCCN:

2012029249

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)