{"product_id":"the-plot-hardcover","title":"The Plot - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean Hanff Korelitz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER! ** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003ci\u003e Tonight Show \u003c\/i\u003eSummer Reads Winner ** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2021 **\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInsanely readable. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Stephen King\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHailed as breathtakingly suspenseful, Jean Hanff Korelitz's \u003ci\u003eThe Plot\u003c\/i\u003e is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacob Finch Bonner was once a promising young novelist with a respectably published first book. Today, he's teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain what's left of his self-respect; he hasn't written--let alone published--anything decent in years. When Evan Parker, his most arrogant student, announces he doesn't need Jake's help because the plot of his book in progress is a sure thing, Jake is prepared to dismiss the boast as typical amateur narcissism. But then . . . he hears the plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJake returns to the downward trajectory of his own career and braces himself for the supernova publication of Evan Parker's first novel: but it never comes. When he discovers that his former student has died, presumably without ever completing his book, Jake does what any self-respecting writer would do with a story like that--a story that absolutely needs to be told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a few short years, all of Evan Parker's predictions have come true, but Jake is the author enjoying the wave. He is wealthy, famous, praised and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an e-mail arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: \u003ci\u003eYou are a thief\u003c\/i\u003e, it says. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from his readers and his publishers, he begins to learn more about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Who was Evan Parker, and how did he get the idea for his \"sure thing\" of a novel? What is the real story behind the plot, and who stole it from whom?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean Hanff Korelitz\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eYou Should Have Known\u003c\/i\u003e (which aired on HBO in October 2020 as \u003ci\u003eThe Undoing\u003c\/i\u003e, starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant, and Donald Sutherland), \u003ci\u003eAdmission \u003c\/i\u003e(adapted as a film in 2013 starring Tina Fey), \u003ci\u003e The Devil and Webster\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The White Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSabbathday River\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Jury of Her Peers\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eInterference Powder\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel for children. Her company BOOKTHEWRITER hosts Pop-Up Book Groups in which small groups of readers discuss new books with their authors. She lives in New York City with her husband, Irish poet Paul Muldo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9.7 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42162159485063,"sku":"9781250790767","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bae6375c7b41402845028fd95d335da5.webp?v=1733287114","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-plot-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}