The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
Hailed as a “breathtakingly suspenseful” (Megan Abott), Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal.
Once a promising young novelist, Jake is teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain his self-respect. When Evan, Jake’s most arrogant student, announces that his own book in progress is a sure thing, Jake dismisses this boast as amateur narcissism. Then… he hears the plot.
After Evan dies suddenly without ever completing his book, Jake does what any writer do with a story that brilliant. Soon, he is wealthy and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an email arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.
As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from anyone else, he begins to learn about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Where did Evan get the idea for his novel? What is the real story behind it, and who stole it from whom?
Hailed as a “breathtakingly suspenseful” (Megan Abott), Jean Hanff Korelitz’s The Plot is a propulsive read about a story too good not to steal.
Once a promising young novelist, Jake is teaching in a third-rate MFA program and struggling to maintain his self-respect. When Evan, Jake’s most arrogant student, announces that his own book in progress is a sure thing, Jake dismisses this boast as amateur narcissism. Then… he hears the plot.
After Evan dies suddenly without ever completing his book, Jake does what any writer do with a story that brilliant. Soon, he is wealthy and read all over the world. But at the height of his glorious new life, an email arrives, the first salvo in a terrifying, anonymous campaign: You are a thief, it says.
As Jake struggles to understand his antagonist and hide the truth from anyone else, he begins to learn about his late student, and what he discovers both amazes and terrifies him. Where did Evan get the idea for his novel? What is the real story behind it, and who stole it from whom?
