01937cam a2200385 i 4500 1164727173 TxAuBib 20190104120000.0 181012s2018||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2018047883 9781432859725 hardback 1432859722 hardback (OCoLC)1057238437 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF ORX ZAC TxAuBib rda Boyne, John, 1971-, author. A ladder to the sky [large print] / John Boyne. Large Print edition. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2018. 583 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice Aspiring writer Maurice Swift, whose desire for fame exceeds his talent, uses a chance meeting with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a West Berlin hotel in 1988 to obtain secrets about Ackermann's wartime activities, which becomes material for his first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan and London, Maurice hones his talent for deceit and manipulation, preying on the talented and vulnerable in his cold-blooded climb to the top. But the higher he climbs, the further he has to fall. 20190104. Authors Fiction. Novelists Fiction. Fame Fiction. Ambition Fiction. Betrayal Fiction. Large type books. Psychological fiction. Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice. TXKIP