The Way Of All Fish: A Novel

  • Author: Martha Grimes
  • Narrator: George Newbern
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 9:32:37
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Synopsis

An “absurdly amusing” (The New York Times Book Review) sequel to Martha Grimes’s bestselling novel, Foul Matter, this wicked satire of the publishing industry is “comic, caustic, and relentlessly readable” (Booklist).

Writer Cindy Sella is having trouble with her new novel. Aside from her paralyzing writer’s block, she’s faced with a lawsuit from her ex-agent, L. Bass Hess. Hess will stop at nothing to collect a commission from Cindy on her previous novel, which he did not represent since she had fired him long before it was published.

Hitmen Candy and Karl—first introduced in Foul Matter—are asked to “get rid” of L. Bass Hess. They join forces with a publishing mogul, a bestselling author, an out-of-work Vegas magician, an alligator wrangler, a glamorous Malaysian con lady, and Hess’s aunt in the Everglades who has undergone a wildly successful sex change, and concoct a plan to save Cindy Sella from the odious machinations of Hess by driving him (slowly, hilariously) crazy.

Grimes’s fans will delight in the return of several colorful characters from Foul Matter, including Senior Editor Clive Esterhaus, unprincipled publisher Bobby Mackenzie, and ex-mobster and author Danny Zito, currently under the witness protection program. New readers will find that these characters and their escapades shed an amusing light on the New York publishing scene. Informed and influenced by the author’s own publishing adventures, “The Way of All Fish is a goofily offbeat delight” (The Washington Post).

Chapters

  • The Way of All Fish 01 Open

    Duration: 35s
  • The Way of All Fish 02 Inscription

    Duration: 31s
  • The Way of All Fish 03 Chapter1

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 04 Chapter2

    Duration: 13min
  • The Way of All Fish 05 Chapter3

    Duration: 15min
  • The Way of All Fish 06 Chapter4

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 07 Chapter5

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 08 Chapter6

    Duration: 07min
  • The Way of All Fish 09 Chapter7

    Duration: 20min
  • The Way of All Fish 10 Chapter8

    Duration: 14min
  • The Way of All Fish 11 Chapter9

    Duration: 18min
  • The Way of All Fish 12 Chapter10

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 13 Chapter11

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 14 Chapter12

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 15 Chapter13

    Duration: 05min
  • The Way of All Fish 16 Chapter14

    Duration: 19min
  • The Way of All Fish 17 Chapter15

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 18 Chapter16

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 19 Chapter17

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 20 Chapter18

    Duration: 05min
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