The Greatest Books You'Ll Never Read

The Greatest Books You'Ll Never ReadWhy was Thomas Hardy's first novel never published? What happened to the manuscript of the long promised 'magnum opus' that Truman Capote never delivered? Why did Heinrich Bll abandon his Paradise Lost? These and many other intriguing mysteries are uncovered in this comprehensive guide to literature's lost and unfinished masterpieces. From a creative crisis to a dissatisfied editor, and from a bizarre twist of fate to an untimely death, behind each

twelve-year-old Edie and her impossibly cool cousin

convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at an infamous women's prison in Connecticut

a young university grad

William Godel

numbered facts

poignant memoir of one man's struggle to come to terms with his celiac diagnosis

not long after Kelly Thorndike has moved back to his hometown of Baltimore

Dolcelatte

cleaning up and much more

it's as painful as it sounds

and an exclusive cover illustrated by acclaimed artist Frank Cho

Written with tenderness and wry compassion