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Publishers, as ever, have unveiled a raft of rights deals ahead of the London Book Fair. Follow The Bookseller's http://twitter.com/rightsreport" target="_blank" title="Rights">http://twitter.com/rightsreport">Rights Report twitter for deals reported throughout the fair, including those reported online at theBookseller.com and in The Bookseller's three printed fair dailies.
Notable deals so far include:
* Scottish comic Frankie Boyle has been signed by HarperCollins to write his life story. My Shit Life So Far will describe Boyle’s youth in Glasgow, his rampant teenage sex drive, drug and alcohol addiction and a first job working in a mental hospital. "Nothing is out of bounds," said the publisher. Harper non-fiction editor Anna Valentine bought world rights through Hannah Chambers of Chambers Management and will publish in October.
* Faber editorial director Walter Donohue has bought a "major" début novel by a 30-year-old City trader, described as a heartbreaking love story set against the global financial collapse. Donohue bought UK and commonwealth rights to Alex Preston’s This Bleeding City from Anna Power at Johnson & Alcock. The novel (due to be published in March 2010) tells of a young graduate who secures a job at a Mayfair hedge fund and is plunged into the world of high finance.
* Juliet Annan at Fig Tree has bought world rights to Pub Walks in Kendall Country by Nat Segnit, described as a "heartrending and hilarious début novel that takes the form of a practical walking guide", complete with maps. The deal was done with Jonny Geller at Curtis Brown, for publication in 2011.
* At Viking, Tony Lacey has bought a last novel from John Mortimer. Rumpole at Christmas, acquired from Carol MacArthur at United Agents, will be published in October 2010.