A ladder to the sky
a novel
by John Boyne
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Aspiring writer Maurice Swift, whose desire for fame exceeds his talent, uses a chance meeting with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a West Berlin hotel in 1988 to obtain secrets about Ackermann's wartime activities, which becomes material for his first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall.
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A ladder to the sky: a novel
2018, Hogarth
in English
- First United States edition.
1984823019 9781984823014
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Ladder to the Sky: From the Bestselling Author of the Heart's Invisible Furies
2018, Transworld Publishers Limited
in English
1473526310 9781473526310
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