A good story. The only complaint I have is the author refers to characters by both first or last names, sometimes in the same paragraph. It was difficult to keep them straight.

Stephen Campbell
English 1-A, period 1
Mrs. Kuehl
12 October 2015
tThe book I read for this assignment is called The List by Steve Martini. I chose this book because I got it from my cousin. And I’ve always been too young to read it cause its so long and confusing like most adult books. I’ve had this book for 3 years and so excited to read this book.
tThis book is about an author who is in his late thirties, he in very good shape, and based on what the woman in the story say about him, they think he’s very attractive. He’s never made a very popular or successful book until he gives a story to a friend and his friend gives it to a publisher in New York and they proof read it and they say it’s the next big hit. They believe it will be a major succes. But he’s afraid of that, because he’s very shy and doesen’t like to be in the spotlight.The publishing company asked for the authgors name but the author ordered his lawer not to tell them his real name. At the time that was bein gasked he was i cancun trying to get out of the spotlight. He didn’t like attention at all.
tI rate this book a 3 out of 5 because it still an adult book so its kind of slow and boring and no action more most of the story. I do recommend this book for the poeple that have lots of time to read and like slow books. This story is good though, there is still drama This story has a good plot and great sequence of events. This is definitely a readable book for most adults and some kids.
tI recommend this book to mostly everybody. This is a great book but it’s slow. This is a great book if you have time to read.Hopefully you read this book and enjoy as much as I do.

This book was a total stinker. I found it in the garbage, where it belonged, with a handwritten message on a piece of notebook paper inside that said part of the book took place on St. Croix, which is where I am right now. For the hell of it, and for lack of better reading material, I gave it a shot. Oh, for shame.

The List unearths the publishing industry's dirty secrets. Look out because the skeletons are jumping out the closet!

A fast paced story about a middle aged, female, writer, trying to break into the publishing business. Abby knew she wouldn’t get her latest novel published under her own name. She wanted a person, a man, to impersonate her nom de plume. She found him and more trouble than she could have possibly imagined!

This was a quick read. Yes, it was predicable in many respects but it was fun. I figured out the twist partway through but still enjoyed reading to the end.

The book makes fun of the publishing industry, and, to some extent, the movie business, where anything goes to get that next big hit.

Abby decides to play their biases against them. As a lawyer, she uses her expertise to keep them guessing and out of control. She holds all the cards. She has involved her long time friend, Morgan, a fellow lawyer, in the game. Morgan makes sure that Jack can’t pull a fast one over in Abby. Morgan holds the contract and all other important documents, detailing the truth - Abby not Jack a Tu wrote the book.

Yes, Jack was the one that Carla and Bertoli believed was the author behind the Gable Cooper alias. He was the one that was wined and dined. Jack, a failed author himself, loved all the attention.

Things were going so well, then people close to Abby, the ones who knew the truth, began to die.

Good vacation book

Written in the wake of the Milli Vanilli music scandal , Steve Martini's n  The Listn features an unsuccessful female author (Abby Chandlis) who has written a book that under a male pen name (Gable Cooper) in order to make the book more marketable.

So far, no big deal. Lots of authors use pen names. Several female romance authors have used pen names to write detective books and thrillers. In this case, the author actually hires a person to portray himself as the real Gable Cooper - not just in public appearances, but also in all negotiations with the agents, the publishers and Hollywood studios interested in turning the book into a movie. The reason she goes through such elaborate steps is her belief that male authors, especially handsome, charming ones, are marketed much more aggressively.

The problem comes in the man chosen to portray Gable Cooper. He is a loose cannon, a frustrated author and, even worse, the real author comes to believe that he may be trying to hijack her book for himself...

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The List, by Steve Martini is a thriller/romance which fans of the genre will surely enjoy. Abby Chandlis has had several books published but they were not commercially successful. She is convinced that her latest manuscript will be a best seller if it were perceived by publishers to have been written by a first-time male author. This leads her into danger and the reader into the machinations of the book publishing industry.

This is a very good book and is a very interesting read. A female lawyer has written an excellent book, one that will make a lot of money, but she has given the author a male's name. Now she wants to find a male to pretend to be the author. Her selection is interesting and so is the rest of the story.

J. Robert Ewbank author "John Wesley, Natural Man, and the 'Isms'"

The book's plotting and twists were perfect for this type of escapist genre. Not really believable but a page turner no less. I think that some of the characteristics of the publishing industry are probably true but there's nothing like a serial killer to move the characters and climatic ending. Can't read this type of book too often, but it was an interesting ride.

Interesting read about learning how a book gets published, or not. What they look for and how they promote it. Even publishing companies have their "seedy sides" and corrupt measures to get a book and promote it. Lots of money involved, mystery, murder, etc.

Gable Cooper has a $6 million offer for his novel.
The only problem is that he doesn't exist. The real author, lawyer, Abby Chandlis, thought a good-looking male writer would ensure the book's success. This is like Dr Frankenstein creating his monster. Abby creates her own nightmare and there is nothing in the legal system that will stop her creation from taking on a life of his own.
And taking hers in the process.

It was an enjoyable read.