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WORD: Serial killer targets obese in Walter Satterthwait’s 13th novel; St. Martin’s to publish

Medical researchers say that obesity isn’t as bad for your health as we all thought, but it’s a sure-fire trip to the morgue in Walter Satterthwait’s upcoming novel, Perfection. Satterthwait informed WORD’N’BASS.com that St. Martin’s Press has bought Perfection for its winter 2006 lineup.

Perfection is a dark humor novel about a serial killer who targets clinically obese women, said Satterthwait, who added, "The guy selects his victims by hanging around grocery stores and observing their carts. Too many Little Debbie Snack Cakes and they become ‘possibles‘."
 
Set on a fictional small barrier island off the west coast of Florida, Perfection is told from three alternating points of view. The main narrator is Sophia Tresgaskis, a young detective. A second narrator is Jim Fallon, her older partner. The third -- and perhaps juiciest point of view -- is that of the serial killer.

Perfection is Satterthwait’s 13th novel, and comes after well-known works such as Wilde West. He also has a short story anthology that will be published later this year or in early 2006.

Satterthwait’s agent Peter Rubie closed the deal with St. Martin’s. He founded The Peter Rubie Literary Agency in New York City in 2000. The firm, which represents high quality fiction and non-fiction, has six full-time agents and about 100 clients, most of which are experts in their field, professional writers, or journalists.
 

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