?Well,? said Judy. ?It's that time again. Time to announce our summer book list.? ?Yes,? said Richard, bouncing around in his seat like a crack-whore's toddler. ?And I know we say this every year, but honestly ? truly ? we've really surpassed ourselves this time. Haven't we, love?? For years the oft-mispronounced gay novelist Jeremy Canty has been writing books with fabulous reviews but hopeless sales from his bedsit in South Greenwich. But when an old, detested rival gets his very first novel picked for Richard and Judy's Book Club, Jeremy resolves to leave behind his honourable but impecunious life and procure literary stardom at any cost. A riotous comedy of errors ensues as Jeremy strives unsuccessfully to cast all scruples aside and pursues his goal with single-minded determination. We root for him through his triumphs and misfortunes, described in sparkling comic prose littered with one-liners of sheer genius. AUTHOR: Valentine Honeyman is the author of SURFACE TENSION (Andre Deutsch, 1991). He writes from experience.
