Download or read book Death of a Writer written by Michael Collins and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For E. Robert Pendleton, a professor clinging to tenure and living in the shambles of his once-bright literary career, death seems to be the only remaining option. But his suicide attempt fails, and during his long convalescence, a novel is discovered hidden in his basement: a brilliant, semi-autobiographical story with a gruesome child murder at its core"--