Book description
Tom Maschler launched the careers of Thomas Pynchon, Joseph Heller,
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julian Barnes, Martin Amis, Ian McEwan and Bruce
Chatwin -- among others. His name now almost synonymous with the Cape
imprint, Maschler is a renowned and respected publisher; his memoir,
illustrated throughout, and reproducing letters from authors as diverse
as Roald Dahl and Doris Lessing, offers a rare glimpse into an even
rarer world: one of a passionate, driven man, determined to make his
mark on that self-same world. From the party where Norman Mailer stabbed
his wife, to the porch where Ernest Hemingway shot himself, this is is a
frank, first-hand account of the authors, agents and egos, the
back-stabbing and dodgy deals, the successes and the enduring
friendships formed in the golden days of British publishing.
Tom Maschler was born in Berlin in 1933. His family moved from there
to Vienna, and then London. After a much celebrated career in
publishing, Tom Maschler now divides his time between London and
France. He is married with three children.
