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THE LAWGIVER
WOUK, HERMAN
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
For more than fifty years, legendary author Herman Wouk has dreamed of writing a novel about the life of
Moses. Finally, at age ninety-six, he has found an ingeniously witty way to tell the tale in The Lawgiver, a
romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the
present day. The story emerges from letters, memos, emails, journals, news articles, recorded talk, tweets,
Skype transcripts, and text messages. At the center of The Lawgiver is Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writerdirector
who has rejected her rabbinical father’s strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an
Australian multi-billionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses if the script meets certain standards, Margo
does everything she can to land the job, including a reunion with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer
with whom she still has unfinished business. Two other key characters in the novel are Herman Wouk himself
and his wife of more than sixty years, Betty Sarah, who, almost against their will, find themselves entangled in
the Moses movie when the Australian billionaire insists on Wouk’s stamp of approval.
FICTION
SIMON & SCHUSTER 256 PAGES
9781451699388
$29.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
AUDIO DISC
9781442357204 ($47.00, unabridged)
THE LEGEND OF BROKEN
CARR, CALEB
By the author of The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 100,000
RANDOM HOUSE 688 PAGES
9781400062836
$29.95 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
LIFESAVING FOR BEGINNERS
GERAGHTY, CIARA
A bittersweet, quirky tale of letting love in, and learning to life. By the author of Saving Grace.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 45,000
HODDER & STOUGHTON 560 PAGES
9780340998106
$34.99 HC
JANUARY 2013
TRADE PAPER EDITION
9780340998113 ($24.99)
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