Read about another entry on the list.Grady Tripp
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Based on the real-life University of Pittsburgh professor who mentored Chabon in the 80s, Grady Tripp is – you guessed it – a Pittsburgh University teacher and writer. The work grew from Chabon's own concern about failing to finish a novel, and one-time literary phenomenon Grady Tripp spends the novel working on his own hefty manuscript. But his numerous vices – adultery, drugs and alcohol – are holding him back, and during a weekend writing festival in Pittsburgh things start to unravel.
--Marshal Zeringue
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