A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life

Busch, Frederick

ISBN 10: 0767903986 / ISBN 13: 9780767903981

Published by Broadway Books, New York, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dangerous Profession: A Book About the Writing Life
• Publisher: Broadway Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0767903986
• ISBN 13: 9780767903981
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good to Worn

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Synopsis

Frederick Busch has a voracious appetite for reading and writing great literature. A Dangerous Profession explores this passion in a series of thoughtful, funny, insightful essays on topics ranging from books encountered during his boyhood in Brooklyn to the etiquette of literary critique learned once he had become a published author. Vividly describing his career's growth as he coped with financial insecurity and scavenged for private writing spaces (such as his bathroom), Busch's lovingly written memoir also encompasses the quirky hardships encountered by his heroes, who include Dickens, Melville, Hemingway, and Graham Greene. This affectionate and inspiring tribute to those who live the writing life is also a celebration of nineteenth- and twentieth-century literature at its finest.

About the Author

Frederick Busch is the author of six story collections and twelve novels, most recently The Night Inspector. He has been honored for his fiction by the American Academy of Arts and Letters and is a recipient of the PEN/Malamud Prize for achievement in the short story. The Fairchild Professor of Literature at Colgate University, he lives in upstate New York.