The Grasshopper King

Expect media attention. This is a debut novel from a young writer - one who, as a math prodigy, was featured in the National Enquirer and interviewed on CBS Nightwatch by Charlie Rose. Expect sensational blurbs. Jordan Ellenberg knows many terrific writers and we may be able to get blurbs from Jonathan Lethem, Michael Chabon, Robert Stone, John Barth and Stephen Dixon. Author has a built in audience with his popular online column, Do the Math, at www.msn.slate.com. He's looking into setting up links from his column to Amazon.com. A satire of academia described as "a literary Moo"