After his roommate dies leaving behind an incredible manuscript, Cal Cunningham, determined to escape his dismal existence as a bookstore stockboy, presents the manuscript as his own, which catapults him into literary success, but someone who knows his dark secret is waiting in the shadows to destroy him. Reprint. Just how did Cal Cunningham -- a twenty-five-year-old bookstore stockboy who is new to Manhattan and who has never written anything -- publish a bestselling novel that sells to the movies for a million dollars?A mysterious roommate, a timely bike accident, and the rapacious literary agent Blackie Yaeger all play a role in Cal's success.Deception, blackmail, and murder all play a role in his desperate bid to hold on to it.And About the Author is his first-person account of how he performed this remarkable feat.
