Pulling Out the Stops
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Pulling Out the Stops: (3 French Quintet)


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Pulling Out the Stops is a satire on academia: an English professor on sabbatical in Europe is recruited to shadow a major donor who has jumped ship on an alumni cruise. His disappearance sets off alarm bells for the head of the University Foundation, and the town's mayor, who is determined to get a piece of the cash cow. Seizing the opportunity to avoid working on the novel he needs for tenure, Ben pursues the AWOL fat-cat through France, but soon discovers that he's not alone on the hunt. Along the way, he encounters an artist on the Robert Louis Stevenson Trail, where the donor meets his destiny. When his quest goes awry, Ben is forced to work on his story about the Hubble Telescope, in which an engineer provides a workaround for the images compromised by focus problems. When Ben is confronted by his nemesis (Q), a world famous novelist who he meets in Portugal, he finally realizes that the real story about his encounter with the elusive donor is more compelling that his attempt to write a thriller. The interplay among these tall tales provides the thrust for a fast-paced novel of suspense, humor, and travel. Far from being a piece of regional fiction, Pulling Out the Stops aims to escape earth's gravity to achieve levity.

About the Author :
Merrill Hatlen is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer and writer. The course of his life was altered by spending three years in France, inspiring five novels, two screenplays, and a stage play. His debut novel, The Bard & The Barman: An Account of Shakespeare's Lost Years, is published by Burton Mayer Books (UK).


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  • ISBN-13: 9798231673537
  • Publisher: Late Bloomer Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Late Bloomer Books
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 206
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8231673539
  • Publisher Date: 27 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
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  • Series Title: 3 French Quintet
  • Weight: 335 gr


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