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Release the Bats

A Pocket Guide to Writing Your Way Out Of It
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Release the Bats by DBC Pierre offers an insightful and candid look into the creative process and the art of writing. This memoir provides a mix of advice, humour, and personal anecdotes to guide aspiring writers through the challenges of storytelling, all while exploring the author’s own journey from struggles to literary success.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by the creative process of writing and are interested in an author's personal insights and experiences. It offers a candid and humorous look at the challenges and triumphs of storytelling, making it appealing to both aspiring writers and fans of engaging memoirs.

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Release the Bats

The Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little returns with a book about fiction.

The Booker Prize-winning author of Vernon God Little returns with a book about writing fiction.

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Part biography, part reflection and part practical guide, Release the Bats explores the mysteries of why and how we tell stories, and the craft of writing fiction. DBC Pierre reveals everything he learned the hard way.

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Release the Bats by DBC Pierre is appreciated for its candid and often humorous insight into the writing process. Reviewers find it a unique blend of memoir and writing guide that captures the author's distinctive voice and unconventional journey. Praised for its engaging anecdotes, the book offers a refreshing perspective on creativity and the challenges of becoming an author.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571329281

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 September 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 178.0mm

Weight: 162g

Pages: 304

About the Author

When not travelling far and wide DBC Pierre divides his time between England and a mountainside in Ireland.

Vernon God Little, his debut novel, won the Man Booker Prize and the Whitbread First Novel Award, and was followed by Ludmila's Broken English and Lights Out in Wonderland. He is also the author of a collection of short fictions, Petit Mal, and a Hammer novella, Breakfast with the Borgias.

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