“There have also been some auspicious debuts, including a novel, The Ghostman, by a 22-year-old fresh out of Reed College named Roger Hobbs, purchased by Knopf’s Gary Fisketjon on the basis of 50 pages. Nat Sobel, Mr. Hobbs’s agent, has reportedly already sold foreign rights to Italy and Germany.”
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The Frankfurt Bookfair Started Today! | The New York Observer
Do the Germans have a word for feelings of rage and jealously caused by the success of strangers?
