Heartbreak Hotel
March, 1999
It sounds implausible. A 26-year-old writer has his novel rejected by 70 American publishers. Then, while playing guitar one cold day on a bridge in Paris, he meets the daughter of a prestigious French publisher. After his novel receives critical acclaim in Europe, the writer finds an American publisher and, no doubt, a lucrative Hollywood deal. That's what has happened to Tristan Egolf. Lord of the Barnyard (Grove)—his debut novel, initially deemed unworthy of the American market—is occasionall...
