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Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers
Contributor(s): Hall, James W. (Author)
ISBN: 0812970950     ISBN-13: 9780812970951
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
OUR PRICE:   $19.00  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Books & Reading
- Literary Criticism | Reference
- Business & Economics | Commerce
Dewey: 381.450
LCCN: 2011012619
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.18" W x 8" (0.53 lbs) 336 pages
 
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DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE

What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies--including The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jaws. From tempting glimpses inside secret societies, such as submariners in The Hunt for Red October, and Opus Dei in The Da Vinci Code, to vivid representations of the American Dream and its opposite--the American Nightmare--in novels like The Firm and The Dead Zone, Hall identifies the common features of mega-bestsellers. Including fascinating and little-known facts about some of the most beloved books of the last century, Hit Lit is a must-read for fiction lovers and aspiring writers alike, and makes us think anew about why we love the books we love.