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No Relation

by Terry Fallis · 2014

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What's in a name?

After 15 years, a NYC copywriter is suddenly fired, and single. But his worst trouble? Meet Earnest Hemmingway, bedeviled by moniker of famous author Ernest Hemingway. Earnest's father pressures him to come home and help run the family clothing business. As a complex familial battle plays out, Earnest's inherited name leads him in unexpected directions.

Genre
humor
Setting
2010sCanadaNew YorkNew York State
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 395 pages

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