ABANDONED. novel about an author whose books are so dense as to be unreadable. In fact his books give people headaches.

[Brian]

I am looking for a novel about an author whose books are so dense as to be unreadable. In fact his books give people headaches. I believe there was another author in the story whose books were quite popular.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

When was it published?

[Brian]

90's

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Was it American, British, something else?

[Brian]

American

[Michele]

I assume this was fiction. Was the entire plot centered around the unreadability of the author's books, or was that just a side issue? If the main plot, what was the story arc -- trying to fix his writing problems, trying to convince him he has a problem, etc.? Was it short, medium, epic-length? When and where was the book set? Do you recall what these unreadable books were (history, fiction, romance, etc.)?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Brian, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Kendra]

David foster Wallace ? Or James Joyce?

[Kris]

Authors mentioned by Kendra - David Foster Wallace and James Joyce

[GracieKat]

Perhaps Mark Z. Danielewski or Michener James A?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Brian, are you still looking for this or did you find it?"

No response in 3 years. Moving to Abandoned.