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Ghosting: A Double Life
Ghosting A Double Life
Author: Jennie Erdal
A haunting, superbly intelligent memoir about literary codependency that goes to the heart of the psychology of writing itself — In the early eighties, Jennie Erdal was hired by a flamboyant British publisher she calls Tiger to be his specialist editor for Russian books. By degrees he co-opted her time and loyalty, to the point where she ended up...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385514262
ISBN-10: 0385514263
Publication Date: 4/12/2005
Pages: 288
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3 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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The author was gradually drawn into being an alter ego for the man she ghost wrote for....and she does the same to her reader. Slow at first, the book becomes more and more mesmerizing. An enjoyable read. I was relieved when the author finally had the courage to break away from her employer.
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Great read about a ghost writer and the world she created on behalf of her strange editor.


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