Hit Lit: Cracking the Code of the Twentieth Century's Biggest Bestsellers

by James W. Hall

Book Overview

DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF WHAT MAKES A MEGA-BESTSELLER IN THIS ENTERTAINING, REVELATORY GUIDE What do Michael Corleone, Jack Ryan, and Scout Finch have in common? Creative writing professor and thriller writer James W. Hall knows. Now, in this entertaining, revelatory book, he reveals how bestsellers work, using twelve twentieth-century blockbusters as case studies--including The Godfather, Gone with the Wind, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Jaws . From...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812970950
• ISBN13: 9780812970951
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"