The Killing of an Author

A universal story of writers, publishers, editors and their comic, tragic, heartening, and sometimes uplifting world. A small town Indian boy sets out to be a successful novelist in America. After a period at Columbia University, he writes his novel and meets John Irving, Kurt Vonnegut, three Nobel Prizewinners, Marilyn Monroe's husband Arthur Miller, and The World's Most Powerful Editor. And then, he screws up (or perhaps it's more complicated than that, perhaps he is simply unaware of the Rules and the Taboos?).. Writers as well as general readers with romantic notions about the writers' life and publishing may find this an astonishing story, with its subversive humor (noted in very complimentary reviews by "The Week" and "The Deccan Chronicle"), and its analysis of the literary Establishment. The Killing of an Author has been described as a nonfiction publishing thriller, a wild roller coaster ride, and as having "a sense of humour from start to end." Richard Crasta's first novel, The Revised Kama Sutra, has been published in ten countries and seven languages The Killing of an Author tells a story that has been described as "laugh-out-loud funny", "an act of bravery", and as possessing "integrity." It is the third book of Richard Crasta's Freedom Trilogy. "Crasta has a sense of humour which he maintains from the start to the end. Funny, sad, and eye-opening. . . .We need more writers like him." --The Deccan Chronicle "You are funny and delightful . . . and nowhere are you too heavy to carry. I've never read anyone like you. I laugh, I ache, I smile, I cry - but never close the book without that smile surfacing."--Sheelagh Grenon, Canada "More than a book . . . an act of bravery."--Review About 74,000 words or 270 paperback pages