The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, right after the publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.' Based on David Lipsky's critically-acclaimed memoir 'Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace.' "It's a movie that makes thoughtful drama out of the essential insanity of celebrity journalism, wherein...

A page-turning, Kafkaesque dark comedy in brilliant retro style, this graphic novel watches one man try to keep it together while everything falls apart. Upon the publication of his latest novel, G. H. Fretwell, a minor English writer, embarks on a book tour to promote it. Nothing is going according to plan, and his trip gradually turns into a nightmare. But now the police want to ask him some questions about a mysterious disappearance, and it seems...

Explores creative genius and fame through the life of a writer whose search for a muse has led him into dangerous and destructive places.

Twelve-year-old Steve is investigating a diamond heist but the case suddenly changes when the author of the Bailey Brothers detective novels writes him a letter to say that he fears for his life.

The Guest Cat is a subtly moving novel that conveys deeply felt ways of being. Two writers, a young couple, enjoy their quiet cottage in a leafy part of Tokyo: they work at home as freelance editors. One day a cat invites herself into their small kitchen. She is a beautiful creature. she leaves, but comes again, and then again and again. New, small joys, radiated by the fleeting loveliness of life, accompany the cat; the days take on more light and...

"Elsa Benavides is a successful writer going through a creative crisis and with an obsession: to kill the main character that catapulted her to success. But the solution to her problems does not come with just electrocuting Valentina with a cell phone in the bathtub. That is just the tip of the iceberg of a deeper wound. Determined to flee so that she can embrace writing once again, she runs into Dario, her musician neighbor who recently arrived from...

"The renowned biographer's definitive portrait of a literary titan. Appointed by Philip Roth and granted independence and complete access, Blake Bailey spent years poring over Roth's personal archive, interviewing his friends, lovers, and colleagues, andengaging Roth himself in breathtakingly candid conversations. The result is an indelible portrait of an American master and of the postwar literary scene. Bailey shows how Roth emerged from a lower-middle-class...

Takes place during one pivotal summer in the lives of famous children's book author Ted Cole and his beautiful wife, Marion. It is a provocative story about one couple's emotional journey into a world of daring sensuality and stunning honesty.

In search of writing ideas, an author takes a walk with his dog around the neighborhood.