In a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls The Thieves of Manhattan a "delicious satire of the literary world." Here Adam Langer introduces Ian Minoit-an aspiring writer who just can't seem to get published. When Ian's successful girlfriend leaves him for the talentless hack Blade Markham-whose acclaimed memoir Ian is convinced is a fake-he can't understand why he always gets the short end of the stick. Then an opportunity for revenge shows itself when an editor asks Ian to take his novel of murder and thievery and pass it off as a memoir.
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"Hard to put down. Such a fun, unexpected thriller, written with biting humor about writers and the publishing world. " — Kathleen (4 out of 5 stars)
"Hard to put down. Such a fun, unexpected thriller, written with biting humor about writers and the publishing world. "
“The Thieves of Manhattan is a sly and cutting riff on the book-publishing world that is quite funny unless you happen to be an author, in which case the novel will make you consider a more sensible profession—like being a rodeo clown, for example, or a crab-fisherman in the Bering Sea.”
“An über-hip caper that pays homage to and skewers the state of publishing and flash-in-the-pan authors.”
“Wonderfully mischievous…As soulful and morally committed as it is funny and clever.”
“Hysterically funny…Langer has written an immensely clever novel, by turns tenderhearted and satirical—an affecting, altogether plausible portrait of one writer’s passage through good times and bad.”
“The Thieves of Manhattan may be to publishing what Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 was to the military.”
“If you want to feel somewhat literary and very hip, try jumping on the speedy ride that is The Thieves of Manhattan. Novelist Adam Langer delivers plenty of cool in this satire of the New York literary scene in which aspiring writer Ian Minot is tempted – after observing the unearned success of others – into taking part in a literary scam. The question, however, becomes: Who is really scamming whom?”
“Love and art merge with cheerful cynicism in Langer’s madcap skewering of New York’s personality-mad publishing industry.”
“A dizzyingly clever novel…Lots of fun.”
" book within books, a nice novel of writing and art in the big city. Kind of goofy in it's noir sensibilities, but then is a real page-turner too. Lots of fun for book readers. "
" I do so love a good literary in-joke and this was laden with them. This was such fun to read, particularly as the pace picked up in the final third of the book. "
" Clever story about the book publishing biz "
Adam Langer is an American author best known for his novel Crossing California, which was published in 2004.
Rich Orlow is a film, television, and voice actor. Among his audiobook narrations are The Outsider by Jimmy Connors, House Rules by Jodi Picoult, and Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.
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