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 41 Chapter39

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 42 Chapter40

    Duration: 11min
  • The Way of All Fish 43 Chapter41

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 44 Chapter42

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 45 Chapter43

    Duration: 09min
  • The Way of All Fish 46 Chapter44

    Duration: 04min
  • The Way of All Fish 47 Chapter45

    Duration: 14min
  • The Way of All Fish 48 Chapter46

    Duration: 02min
  • The Way of All Fish 49 Chapter47

    Duration: 05min
  • The Way of All Fish 50 Chapter48

    Duration: 05min
  • The Way of All Fish 51 Chapter49

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 52 Chapter50

    Duration: 07min
  • The Way of All Fish 53 Chapter51

    Duration: 04min
  • The Way of All Fish 54 Chapter52

    Duration: 03min
  • The Way of All Fish 55 Chapter53

    Duration: 13min
  • The Way of All Fish 56 Chapter54

    Duration: 05min
  • The Way of All Fish 57 Chapter55

    Duration: 12min
  • The Way of All Fish 58 Chapter56

    Duration: 06min
  • The Way of All Fish 59 Chapter57

    Duration: 08min
  • The Way of All Fish 60 Chapter58

    Duration: 02min
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