First published 2001
A writer stumbles upon a trove of forgotten manuscripts - the lost works of literary legends. As he pores over these rare texts, he uncovers the shadowed lives of their doomed authors: a poet's ill-fated love affair, a playwright's descent into madness, a novelist's final reflections. Piecing together the mysteries behind these lost classics, the writer grapples with the fragility of artistic legacy and the enduring power of the written word.
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, suspense, mystery, 21st-century, books-about-books
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
368 pages · Hardcover · Alfred A Knopf Canada