A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne

Everything Maurice Swift writes is a masterpiece. He is the master of so many different styles as well as being good looking and in right at home in all the best literary circles. How does he do it? Where does his genius come from? Let's just say that he borrows things. As you read of his exploits your jaw will drop further and further until you are begging, like those he has trampled, for the proverbial other shoe to drop and justice. He is despicable yet successful, charming but cunning like a snake and above all else, he is ambitious. John Boyne takes us into the world of high stakes publishing, the literary underbelly and introduces us to an author so odious and lethal you are left breathless. Like leaning a ladder to the sky - it has to fall down sometime.