Jason Diamond and Book Blurbs

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We sat down with Jason Diamond, bookish man about town and author of Kaplan’s Plot, a multigenerational Jewish gangster saga in bookstores now. He made a strong case for Chicago as a literary city and for not forgetting the immigrant experience in your ancestry. Then, we pull back the curtain on back-of-the-book blurbs and other publicity tactics. “Riveting!” — Stephen King Works Cited The Adventures of Augie March, Saul BellowHumboldt’s Gift, Saul BellowThe Middlesteins, Jami AttenbergThe Lazarus Project, Aleksandar HemonThe House on Mango Street, Sandra CisnerosNative Son, Richard WrightThe Big Sleep, Raymond ChandlerThe Bear, created by Christopher StorerChicago Fire, created by Derek Haas and Michael BrandtThe Man with the Golden Arm, Nelson AlgrenSee Friendship, Jeremy GordonThe Godfather, Part II, dir. Francis Ford CoppolaThe Castle, Franz KafkaThe Trial, Franz KafkaIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, created by Rob McElhenneyWe Love You Bunny, Mona AwadThe Footprints of God, Greg IlesJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna ClarkeMerriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition

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