The Frog King is a novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by Adam Davies

Adam Davies (author)

Adam Davies is an American author born in Louisville, KY and currently resides in San Francisco, CA.Adam Davies first appeared in print with the The Frog King in 2002, and followed with Goodbye Lemon , and Mine All Mine . The Frog King has been adapted to film, starring actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt...

, published in 2002. It was his first published effort.
Harry Driscoll is an editorial assistant living in New York. He works for a major publishing house but is failing to make an impression by not taking his job seriously and constantly arriving at the office late and intoxicated. He is bitter, cynical and troubled but very charming, and the only thing he (secretly) cares about is his long suffering girlfriend - Evie.