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Fruit Fly: A Novel
By Josh Silver
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$19.99
By Josh Silver
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How far would you go to write the perfect book? An author with writer’s block steals someone else’s tragic life story in this satirical thriller.
A BBC must-read book of 2026-"Sharp, dark and humorous, it's a real nail-biter."
Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.
A washed-up author will stop at nothing to claw her way back to relevancy-even if it means appropriating a young gay man's tragic story.
Mallory Maddox is buried under seven years of writer's block. With her status as a literary sensation fizzling, she'll do anything she can to resurrect her career. Inspiration needs to strike-and fast.
Enter Leo. He's a struggling addict sleeping under...
Go gay. Go sad. Go dark.
A washed-up author will stop at nothing to claw her way back to relevancy-even if it means appropriating a young gay man's tragic story.
Mallory Maddox is buried under seven years of writer's block. With her status as a literary sensation fizzling, she'll do anything she can to resurrect her career. Inspiration needs to strike-and fast.
Enter Leo. He's a struggling addict sleeping under...
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Fruit Fly is a sharp, darkly humorous story about a washed-up author who will stop at nothing to return to relevancy, even steal someone else’s story. Unsurprisingly, there are plenty of books about books, writers, and the writing process – and not everyone gets their own happy ending. If you liked reading Josh Silver’s Fruit Fly, check out these other books that will give you the same feeling…or inspire you to write the next great novel.
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