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F. Scott, Ernest And Me

Tony Davis

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Arrow
01 January 2007
'The unpublished novelist arrived in Paris in April 1995 fully aware that if he was going to be one of the giants of 20th-century literature he didn't have much time...'

'The unpublished novelist arrived in Paris in April 1995 fully aware that if he was going to be one of the giants of 20th-century literature he didn't have much time.'

So begins a simple tale of a man throwing in his job, moving somewhere exotic and attempting to fulfil his life's ambition of writing a Great Work. Tony Davis also had a few other modest aims- to learn French, to finally read and understand James Joyce's Ulysses, to come to terms with the loss of a friend and to divine the very meaning of life. But above all, Davis was determined to write something as beautiful, profound and critically acclaimed as anything F. Scott Fitzgerald or Ernest Hemingway produced in the City of Light. Paris had other plans. The ghosts of the city, mysterious women and a cavalcade of eccentrics began to distract the would-be

novelist from his perfectly conceived, success-guaranteed literary opus. As bombs exploded across Paris and strikes and political turmoil brought it to a standstill, the Great Work was catapulted in the most unlikely direction imaginable. More than a fast-paced and often hilarious look at the writing process and the shadows cast by literary greats, F. Scott, Ernest

and Me is an inspiring story of how big dreams and sheer tenacity canovercome everything. Well, almost everything.
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Imprint:   Arrow
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 209mm,  Width: 134mm,  Spine: 31mm
Weight:   302g
ISBN:   9781863255547
ISBN 10:   1863255540
Pages:   352
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tony Davis is widely blamed for LEMON! 60 HEROIC FAILURES OF MOTORING, an Australian bestseller that was published in US and UK editions u and which has been adapted into the hit book for kids, YOU MUST BE SKIDDING! He is also responsible for the eccentric literary memoir F. SCOTT, ERNEST AND ME, plus the new children's series ROLAND WRIGHT, FUTURE KNIGHT. Before courageously leaving a well-paid job to be a full-time author (at the end of 2005), Tony had a long and successful career in newspapers, magazines and publishing. He has worked at THE AUSTRALIAN and THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD, has held senior editing and news roles, and has written extensively about popular culture, history, motoring, television and a myriad of other subjects. Tony lives in northern Sydney with his wife Carolyn and their three sons, William, James and Daniel.

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