THE PLOT has been translated into 25 languages, and published in Arabic (Jalees), Brazil (Verus), Croatia (Indigo Knjiga), Denmark (Gad), Dutch (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts), France (Le Cherche Midi), Germany (PRH), Greece (Minoas), Hungary (Gabo Kiado), Israel (Kin Books), Italy (Piemme), Japan (Hayakawa), Korea (Open Books), Latvia (Kontinents), Lithuania (Balto Leidybos Namai), Poland (Poradnia K), Portugal (Presenca), Romania (Grup), Russia (Livebook), Serbia (Vulkan), Spain (Roca), Taiwan (Spring), Turkey (Altın Kitaplar), Ukraine (Knigolove), United Kingdom (Faber & Faber)
The Guardian: “I wanted to be a literary novelist. But I realized that I liked plot.” by Lisa Allardice
New York Times: Excuse Me While I Steal Your Book Idea and Get Famous by Elisabeth Egan
Time: New Thriller Books Find Drama in the Publishing World
Washington Post: The plot of ‘The Plot’ — the best thriller of the year (so far) — is too good to give away by Maureen Corrigan
Financial Times: This literary thriller examines the moral grey areas of plagiarism with wit, prescience and page-turning verve by Isabel Berwick
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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. Is writing an innate talent, or can it be taught?
2. Do you think Jake would have stolen the story if he knew where it came from?
3. Does anyone have the right to tell someone else’s story?
4. What constitutes plagiarism? Did Jake cross that line?
Submitted by OMG! Bookclub (Oakville, ON)
5. What role does gossip and social media play in this story?
6. Which did you enjoy more, the story within the novel or the plot itself? Submitted by Canadian Book Enablers (Kitchener, ON)
7. Who did you suspect @TalentedTom was?
8. The author includes a number of literary allusions throughout
the novel; which ones did you notice? Submitted by Tough Old Birds (St. Louis, MO)
9. Consider the triple meaning of the word “plot”—a story, a
gravesite, a secret plan. How did the author involve each of
these in the novel?
10. Discuss the conclusion. Were you surprised by the ending?