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Eddie Renfros, on the brink of failure after his critically acclaimed first book, wants only to publish another novel and hang onto his beautiful wife, Amanda, who has her own literary ambitions and a bit of a roving eye. Among their circle are writers of every stripe-from the Machiavellian Jackson Miller to the 'experimental writer' Henry who lives in squalor while seeking the perfect sentence. Amid an asortment of schemeing agents, editors, and hangers-on, each writer must negotiate the often competing demands of success and integrity, all the while grappling with their inner demons and the stabs of professional and personal jealousy. The question that nags at them is this: What is it to write a novel in the twenty-first century?