| Title | : | Ask Hagan |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Scott William Carter |
| Release | : | 2022-06-13 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Short Stories, Books, Fiction & Literature, Mysteries & Thrillers |
| Size | : | 860765 |
| <b>Ask Hagan anything. Anything at all. Even how to outwit a madman …</b> Once a promising young novelist with big literary dreams, John Winsley wakes up on the other side of forty as a third-rate hack with a perpetual hangover. Fueled by bitterness, he creates an obnoxious online persona as something of a lark—a funhouse version of Ann Landers named Hagan T. Stone with mad eyes, a black beard shaped like a spade, and an irreverent wit. The <i>Ask Hagan</i> advice column becomes a surprising worldwide hit. And it makes Winsley a very rich man. Wracked with guilt about the wife and daughter he abandoned, Winsley feels conflicted about his anonymous success … until an imposter claiming to be Hagan T. Stone shows up to reap all the rewards. Now Winsley only has to answer one question: How far will he go to get what he deserves? This taut, suspenseful tale kicks off Carter's latest collection. From a mysterious elevator in an Iowa cornfield to a crowded superstore where android spouses are bought like toasters, these six provocative forays into Carter's wide-ranging imagination never fail to surprise. |
