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An edition of Ghosting (2004)

Ghosting

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Ghosting is a remarkable account of one woman's life - or, to be more accurate, lives. For fifteen years, Jennie Erdal had a double existence: officially she worked as a personal editor for one particular man - Tiger - but in reality she was his ghost-writer and in some mysterious sense his alter ego. During this time she wrote a great deal that appeared under his name - from personal letters and business correspondence to newspaper columns, novels and full length books. Ghosting moves from a vivid evocation of an austere upbringing in Fife to superbly rendered portraits of the people with whom Jennie Erdal worked at a London-based publishing house, chief among them Tiger, the larger-than-life character with whom the author had a unique and symbiotic relationship; professionally hidden, yet somehow truthful and intimate. This moving and beautifully written memoir is laced throughout with rich, quiet comedy and profound insights into what it means to be human and to live in language. Ghosting is a meditation on words, identity and creativity, but above all it is a portrait of a uniquely intimate relationship between a man and a woman.

Publish Date
Publisher
Canongate Books
Pages
288

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Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting
2009, Canongate Books
E-book in English
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Ghosting: A Double Life
July 11, 2006, Anchor Canada
in English
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Ghosting: A Double Life
July 11, 2006, Anchor
Paperback in English
Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting: A Double Life
April 12, 2005, Doubleday Canada
in English
Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting
June 30, 2005, Canongate Books
Paperback
Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting: A Double Life
April 12, 2005, Doubleday
in English
Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting
November 4, 2004, Canongate Books Ltd
Hardcover
Cover of: GHOSTING: A MEMOIR.
GHOSTING: A MEMOIR.
2004, CANONGATE BOOKS
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Cover of: Ghosting
Ghosting: a memoir
2004, Canoncate Books
in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PN171.G47

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
288
Dimensions
7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Weight
8.5 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL8923734M
Internet Archive
ghostingdoubleli0000erda_u9u2
ISBN 10
1841956376
ISBN 13
9781841956374
OCLC/WorldCat
59355664
Library Thing
592975
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
1134130

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