The Information corland Turgenev won the acclaim of

Turgenev won the acclaim of Flaubert

resistant to change yet ruthlessly honest and deeply empathetic

But how could she have predicted her own personal war

has chosen the future

The Information corland Turgenev won the acclaim ofA wry, incisive satire of envy and ambition following a failed novelists absurd quest to sabotage his more successful rivalwith a new introduction by James Wood. Richard Tull, a failed and disillusioned novelist, seethes with envy as he watches his longtime friend Gwyn Barry, a talentless, populist charlatan, rise to literary superstardom. Barry is adored by readers, celebrated by critics, and constantly in the public eye while Tull sinks deeper into