{"product_id":"a-complete-fiction-by-r-l-maizes-9781923058699","title":"A Complete Fiction","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePJ has finally written the book to make her famous... But has someone stolen her story?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRide With Me driver P.J. Larkin has written three unpublished novels and is desperate for her latest, a #metoo story, to find a publisher. Her agent has sent it to George Dunn, editor at Peapod Press, but he rejected it. George has just sold his own novel for a million dollars. But wait—did he steal P.J.'s novel?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's what P.J. imagines and impulsively posts about George's book on social media. Within hours, George is embroiled in a scandal, his job and book deal in jeopardy. Amid the publicity, P.J.'s novel is snapped up by another publisher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut has P.J. revealed her sister Mia's secrets in her book? Mia thinks so. Now it's P.J.'s turn to feel the online heat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eR.L. Maizes creates appealing characters and writes with humour and heart about the shenanigans of the publishing world. \u003cem\u003eA Complete Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e is a timely and hilarious novel about cancel culture, and who owns the stories that writers tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter all, who could make this stuff up?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A propulsive, funny, complex, and deeply original novel.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Kevin Wilson, author of \u003cem\u003eRun for the Hills\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The best kind of fiction...A smart, compelling novel about publishing and its perils, families and friendships and their limitations, and storytelling itself, in all its wondrous messy glory.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Laurie Frankel, author of \u003cem\u003eFamily Family\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThis Is How It Always Is\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fabulously complex, interesting, and hilarious. As two protagonists fight (and fight dirty) over their respective truths, Maizes asks hard questions about cancel culture, power, politics, sexual abuse, and narrative that make me interrogate my own values...Un-put-downable!.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Erika Krouse, author of \u003cem\u003eTell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Fast-paced and tightly wrought, \u003cem\u003eA Complete Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e goes right to the mercenary hearts of two writers and with humour and pathos manages to skewer the publishing industry and the pressure cooker of literary social media simultaneously.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Bethany Ball, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat to do About the Solomons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Packed full of contemporary anxiety, hilarious in moments, and a page-turner...This novel is a beach read for people who also care about the cultural zeitgeist.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Wendy J. Fox, author of \u003cem\u003eWhat If We Were Somewhere Else\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I loved this witty and completely absorbing novel. Maizes has compassion for her characters and their very real mistakes, and she allows them to negotiate the varying degrees of harm they do one another with artful nuance.'\u003c\/em\u003e – Elizabeth McKenzie, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dog of the North\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072427344108,"sku":"9781923058699","price":30.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781923058699.jpg?v=1765107715","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/a-complete-fiction-by-r-l-maizes-9781923058699","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}