Bestseller Reprint Edition

‘Gallenzi… slips in sound insider’s judgements on how this business works. Read it for the lowdown on the low trade’ –Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

‘As a working publisher, a founder of Hesperus Press and a director of Calder Publications, Alessandro Gallenzi has first-hand knowledge of the publishing world. While not necessarily directed at paying off old scores, his first novel Bestseller shows that its creator clearly enjoys laying about him, not just at the book trade’s monsters and grotesque, but at their consensual victims in the shape of writers and editorial underlings.’ — Times Literary Supplement

‘A clever satire on the world of publishing’ —-The Times

‘A fine comic caper and a biting satire on the publishing industry… it is cleverly plotted and lands several juicy thumps on its target.’ –Independent on Sunday

‘Too depressing, too accurate’ –Tibor Fischer

‘Gallenzi… slips in sound insider’s judgements on how this business works. Read it for the lowdown on the low trade’ –Boyd Tonkin, The Independent

‘As a working publisher, a founder of Hesperus Press and a director of Calder Publications, Alessandro Gallenzi has first-hand knowledge of the publishing world. While not necessarily directed at paying off old scores, his first novel Bestseller shows that its creator clearly enjoys laying about him, not just at the book trade’s monsters and grotesque, but at their consensual victims in the shape of writers and editorial underlings.’ –Times Literary Supplement