The Uptown Local: a memoir of Joy, Death, and Joan Didion

Author: Cory Leadbeater Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 'A persuasive case for the argument that writers should write about writers' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A beautifully written and deeply moving memoir' DANA SPIOTTA As an aspiring novelist in his early twenties, Cory Leadbeater was presented with an opportunity to work for a well-known writer whose identity was kept confidential. Since the tumultuous days of childhood, Cory had sought refuge from the rougher parts of life in the pages of books. Suddenly,...Read more