Publisher's Synopsis
Set against the backdrop of the seamy underside of the glamorous world of New York publishing, this novel tells of a bizarre and destructive relationship between Silver, an ambitious literary agent, and Meredith, his talented client. Their alliance would catapult Silver to the heights, but it was to become more than a professional union - Silver and Meredith would become best friends, mortal enemies and the instruments of one another's salvation or destruction.;The author is the president of E.P. Dutton, one of New York's major publishers.