Kill Your Darlings

Terence Blacker’s novel explores the fate of Gregory Keays, a writer whose glittering future is behind him. Corroded with envy, Gregory watches as his contemporaries produce better work, and live happier lives, while he spends his days compiling books about books. One day, he is convinced, the world will recognise his talents.
When a brilliant student enters his life, Gregory is offered one last chance to save his career, but his Faustian pact with success takes him further – much further than any writer should go.