The Resource A ladder to the sky : a novel, John Boyne
A ladder to the sky : a novel, John Boyne
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9781984823014
- Label
- A ladder to the sky : a novel
- Title
- A ladder to the sky
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John Boyne
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueFame
- Fame -- Fiction
- trueManipulation by men
- Novelists -- Fiction
- truePlagiarism
- Psychological fiction
- truePublishers and publishing
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueWest Berlin, Germany
- trueWriting
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- Ambition -- Fiction
- trueAmbition in men
- trueAuthors
- Authors -- Fiction
- trueBetrayal
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- An aspiring writer meets a celebrated novelist in a hotel in 1988 and uses the man's long-held secret. A first novel. By the <I>New York Times<I> best-selling author of <I>The Boy in the Striped Pajamas<I>.
- Award
- LibraryReads Favorites, 2018.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10738533
- Cataloging source
- BT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1971-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Boyne, John
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Authors
- Novelists
- Fame
- Ambition
- Betrayal
- Secrecy
- Summary expansion
- ATLAS
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A ladder to the sky : a novel, John Boyne
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21551612
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9781984823014
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1060612629
- Label
- A ladder to the sky : a novel, John Boyne
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 21551612
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First United States edition.
- Extent
- 362 pages
- Isbn
- 9781984823014
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1060612629
Subject
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueFame
- Fame -- Fiction
- trueManipulation by men
- Novelists -- Fiction
- truePlagiarism
- Psychological fiction
- truePublishers and publishing
- Secrecy -- Fiction
- trueSecrets
- trueWest Berlin, Germany
- trueWriting
- true1980s -- 1980 -- 1989
- Ambition -- Fiction
- trueAmbition in men
- trueAuthors
- Authors -- Fiction
- trueBetrayal
- Betrayal -- Fiction
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