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The French Exchange Whale and Other Rejected Book Ideas

It`s said that everyone has a book inside them. Cal King doesn`t have just one though; he`s bursting with ideas for everything from children`s books to (in his mind) prize-winning novels.Unfortunately for Cal, his ideas are all a bit silly. However, refusing to be deterred by rejections from publishers and agents (or the laughter of his girlfriend) he managed to secure a meeting at a top publisher and arrived at their London offices with a head full of dreams and a folder full of concepts.At the end of the meeting (during which the editor seemed to have the most terrible cough) it was gently suggested that Cal compile his pitches into a collection of `terrible book ideas` for the joke book market.Slightly hurt by this suggestion, but driven by a desperate and all-consuming need for approval, he agreed. And here it is…