MVP (novel)
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MVP is the debut novel
Debut novel
A debut novel is the first novel an author publishes. Debut novels are the author's first opportunity to make an impact on the publishing industry, and thus the success or failure of a debut novel can affect the ability of the author to publish in the future...

 of writer James Boice
James Boice (writer)
James Boice is a fiction writer. He was born in Salinas, CA and raised in Northern Virginia. He dropped out of college at eighteen to write fiction. He is the author of MVP, published by Scribner in 2007, the prologue of which debuted in Esquire in September 2006. His second novel, NoVA was...

. It follows the life story of Gilbert Marcus, a star basketball player who rapes and kills a woman in a hotel room during the off-season. The prologue was featured in Esquire Magazine in September 2006. Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...

described it as a "stunning debut."
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