Writers can do crazy things in quest of a blurb. When Norman Mailer finished his third novel, The Deer Park, he sent a copy ...

When all novels are thrust upon you as words of genius,’ wrote George Orwell, ‘it is quite natural to assume that all of them ...

Well known authors will laud a new title as“brilliant”,“moving” or“thought-provoking” and ... Furthermore, he notes that the convention of the blurb is unknown in other artistic ...

Armed with a killer blurb from Clive, I thought I had it made in the shade. Then certain grim realities of the book business began to impress themselves on me. If people were going to see the ...