Days of the Jackal: how Andrew Wylie turned serious literature into big business

Published: Jan. 26, 2024, 5 a.m.

Andrew Wylie is agent to an extraordinary number of the planet\u2019s biggest authors. His knack for making highbrow writers very rich helped to define a literary era \u2013 but is his reign now coming to an end? By Alex Blasdel. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod