Why was John Colapinto's Undone rejected by 40 publishers?
They say sex sells, but that didn't sway publishers who turned down John Colapinto's envelope-pushing novel, Undone.
They say sex sells, but that didn't sway the dozens of publishers who turned down John Colapinto's intentionally provocative novel, Undone.
The New Yorker journalist and best-selling author has penned a smart, cynical and entertaining novel — but the distressing sexual behaviour contained within made it untouchable in the United States.
Now that a Canadian publisher (and the author's own chutzpah) have turned the situation around, Colapinto joins guest host Gill Deacon to discuss the themes that made the book 'radioactive'.
