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Anthony McCarten
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Anthony McCarten's debut novel, Spinners, was internationally acclaimed and has been translated into six languages. He has written twelve stage plays, including the worldwide, prize-winning success Ladies' Night. His play Via Satellite - which he adapted into a feature film and directed himself - premiered at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. His screenplay The Theory of Everything is currently under development in Hollywood.
Born in 1961, Anthony McCarten grew up in New Plymouth, New Zealand, and currently divides his time between Wellington, London and Los Angeles.
Book List in Order: 9 titles
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Brilliance
- Jan-2003
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Thomas Edison holds over 1,000 patents, including those for the light bulb and the phonograph, but he is broke. To the rescue rides the "world's banker," J. P. Morgan, with his offer of almost unlimited cash for the two men to join forces to illumina...
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The English Harem
- Sep-2007
- / Romance
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Supermarket checkout girl Tracy Pringle has a very lively imagination indeed. In front of her, as she blip-blips herself into a daydream, walk past not boring housewives with screaming children or tired office clerks, but the likes of Lord Byron, Law...
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Show of Hands
- Feb-2009
- / General Fiction
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When a desperate car dealer advertises a competition with a simple premise -- that each contestant must keep one hand on a car at all times, and the last one standing will drive away the owner of a new Land Rover -- he sets in motion a chain of event...
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Death of a Superhero
- Sep-2013
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Inspired by real events, Death of a Superhero is a brilliantly original fusion of novel, comic book, and film script; a celebration of the transience of life, the eternal difficulty of love and a hilarious riff on our 21st-century infatuation wit...
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Ladies Night
- Jun-2017
- / Literary
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The ultimate night out â€" and not only for the girls! Ladies Night tells the story of five Liverpudlian men on the dole who decide to form a male stripping act. As they try to raise a fast buck, they pitch the idea to a local club owner and take les...
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Going Zero
- Apr-2023
- / Thriller
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TWO HOURS TO VANISH.ONE CHANCE TO ESCAPE.ZERO ALTERNATIVES.Ten Americans have been carefully selected to Beta test a ground-breaking piece of spyware. FUSION can track anyone on earth. But does it work?For one contestant, an unassuming Boston li...
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