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With James Frey’s novel NEXT TO HEAVEN publishing on June 17, a 2023 interview in which he said he was using generative AI in the writing of his work sparked controversy online. Critics shared an excerpt of the interview, noting that Book of the Month has selected his new novel NEXT TO HEAVEN as one of their upcoming picks. The AI portion of the interview refers specifically to a book-in-progress titled FOURSEVENTYSIX at the time. Frey has not published a book under that title, and it’s unclear whether that work has any relationship to NEXT TO HEAVEN. “Yes, I use …
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Booker-winning author of SHUGGIE BAIN and YOUNG MUNGO Douglas Stuart's JOHN OF JOHN, following a young man returning to his Hebridean island home, a portrait of a close-knit community and a fraying family, to Peter Blackstock at Grove/Atlantic, for publication in May 2026, by Anna Stein at CAA (NA). Rights also to Mary Mount at Picador (UK), by Lucy Luck at C+W, on behalf of Anna Stein at CAA; to Hanser (Germany); to Wereldbibliotheek (Netherlands); to Globe (France); to Mondadori (Italy); to Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial (Spain); to Politikens (Denmark); and to Gyldendal Norsk (Norway), … read more
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