‘City on Fire,’ a Debut Novel, Fetches Nearly $2 Million

Garth Risk Hallberg’s novel took the publishing industry by storm last week and provides evidence of a resurgence of long fiction.

    



Knopf Acquires New Paolo Bacigalupi Novel

Mr. Bacigalupi, author of the science fiction novel “The Windup Girl,” is moving from a tiny specialty press to one of the most highbrow publishers in the business.

    



B.J. Novak, Actor and Writer, Signs Two-Book Deal

Mr. Novak, a writer for “The Office” and one of the show’s stars, is expected to publish the first book next year.