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 21 Chapter19

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 22 Chapter20

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 23 Chapter21

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 24 Chapter22

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 25 Chapter23

    Duration: 12min
  • The Way of All Fish 26 Chapter24

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 27 Chapter25

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 28 Chapter26

    Duration: 04min
  • The Way of All Fish 29 Chapter27

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 30 Chapter28

    Duration: 01min
  • The Way of All Fish 31 Chapter29

    Duration: 11min
  • The Way of All Fish 32 Chapter30

    Duration: 10min
  • The Way of All Fish 33 Chapter31

    Duration: 12min
  • The Way of All Fish 34 Chapter32

    Duration: 05min
  • The Way of All Fish 35 Chapter33

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 36 Chapter34

    Duration: 15min
  • The Way of All Fish 37 Chapter35

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 38 Chapter36

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 39 Chapter37

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 40 Chapter38

    Duration: 05min
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