The Belles Lettres Papers
by Charles Simmons
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The everyday insanity of life at a fictional literary review The journalnbsp;Belles Lettresnbsp;has a long and storied history, which is what enticed young editor Frank Page over its threshold in the first place. But Frank did not anticipate the infighting, backstabbing, and utter oddity that are all business as usual at the respected magazine. Still, nothing can match Frank's thrill at discovering a new literary phenom. But the book industry seems to be on the decline. Integrity is going show more extinct as conglomerate giants gobble up smaller organs and trample innovation and daring into the muck of commerciality. At least Frank's position gives him a front-row seat at the publishing world's fight of the century, as deposed editorial icon Jonathan Margin takes on self-serving corporate overseer Newbold Press in an ink-splattered battle to the death. show lessTags
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I may have been a bit hard in my rating as I was a little disappointed that this book wasn't funnier.
parody of lit crit magazine
per Roger Kimball WSJ 3/11/06
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Charles Paul Simmons was born in Manhattan, New York on August 17, 1924. He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and served in the Army during World War II. After stints in book and magazine publishing, he was hired as a copy boy at The Times, where he also composed brief commentaries for the editorial pages. He worked as an show more editor for The New York Times Book Review for thirty years. He wrote five novels during his lifetime including Powdered Eggs, An Old-Fashioned Darling, Wrinkles, The Belle Lettres Papers, and Salt Water. He died on June 1, 2017 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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