{"product_id":"the-frankfurt-kabuff-critical-edition-9781771125987","title":"The Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen violence breaks out at the stands of far-right publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair, Beatrice Deft is provoked into action. An alienated Australian high school teacher who finds herself at the centre of the global book industry, Beatrice encounters a cast of characters including the very hot Caspian Schorle (German police officer), Kurt Weidenfeld (left-wing German publisher), and White Storm (a neo-Nazi publishing organisation). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuch is the premise of \u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Kabuff, \u003c\/i\u003ea comic erotic thriller about the publishing industry originally self-published under the pseudonym Blaire Squiscoll. With \u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition, \u003c\/i\u003e Blaire Squiscoll is revealed as the pen name of Beth Driscoll and Claire Squires, who created the novella in the midst of fieldwork at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Published for the first time as a full critical edition, this experimental, playful work combines critical and creative modes for new perspectives on the publishing industry and creative economies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Frankfurt Kabuff Critical Edition \u003c\/i\u003eenriches the novella with an introduction, annotated text, 15 essays by leading scholars and practitioners, and additional creative assemblages. This highly unusual research project offers insights for students, academics and publishers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeth Driscoll\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Publishing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe New Literary Middlebrow: Tastemakers and Reading in the Twenty-First Century \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and, with Kim WiIlkins and Lisa Fletcher, \u003ci\u003eGenre Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). With Claire Squires, she is the co-founder of Ullapoolism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Squires\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Publishing Studies at the University of Stirling. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eMarketing Literature: the Making of Contemporary Writing in Britain \u003c\/i\u003e and as co-editor \u003ci\u003eThe Cambridge History of the Book in Britain Vol 7: The Twentieth Century and Beyond.\u003c\/i\u003e With Beth Driscoll, she is co-founder of Ullapoolism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wilfrid Laurier University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50393710788882,"sku":"9781771125987","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c443a7df-36fd-41df-9af7-581c2c553f3e.jpg?v=1728991951","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-frankfurt-kabuff-critical-edition-9781771125987","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}