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Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS [Paperback]

Jamie Reidy
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Book Description

November 30, 2010
The first paperback edition of Reidy’s memoir describing his successful career in Big Pharma as Pfizer’s #1 salesmen during the launching of Viagra. Published to tie-in with Fox’s international movie release of the film Love and Other Drugs based on Reidy’s book and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, Thanksgiving weekend 2010.

Jamie Reidy is the guy who's been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories. Inside Hard Sell: Now a Major Motion Picture LOVE and OTHER DRUGS, you'll find yourself rooting for Reidy and shocked by the realities of the world that paid his salary.

This comedic expose traces Reidy's experiences from Pfizer training to life as the "V-Man," when Reidy became Pfizer's number-one drug rep during the Viagra craze. With equal parts self-confidence and self-mockery, Reidy takes the reader on a hilarious romp through pharma-culture while revealing the controversial side of the drug industry. From viewing a circumcision to gaining a doctor's rapport to providing insight on why doctors choose to prescribe Drug X over Drug Y, and from how to bargain "sigs" and "scripts" to why the Viagra pill is shaped as a diamond, Reidy discloses everything.

A witty, behind-the-scenes look at an industry that touches everyone in America with a prescription, Hard Sell uncovers truths about the pharmaceutical industry you'd rather not know and practices you'd like to believe weren't employed.

Hard Sell has been adapted into a major motion picture starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway.


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About the Author

Jamie Reidy, a Notre Dame grad and a former U.S. Army officer, "carried the bag" for Pfizer from 1995 to 2000. He then spent five years with Eli Lilly's Oncology Division, where he discovered there are far fewer jokes about chemotherapy than Viagra. Reidy was fired by Eli Lilly soon after publication of Hard Sell. He has since published Bachelor 101: Cooking + Cleaning = Closing, a cookbook and lifestyle guide for idiot single guys just like him. He lives in Manhattan Beach, California, where he has written several screenplays. Now he needs to start selling them.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition (November 30, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0740799134
  • ISBN-13: 978-0740799136
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #921,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I generally write books about my favorite topic, which is generally me.

Harvard Business School invited me to speak in 2008. They have not asked me back.

5 Guys is the best burger chain in America; and, yes, that includes In-n-Out.

My mom says she had a constant barbecue potato chip craving when she was pregnant with me; to this day, BBQ chips are a major weakness of mine. It annoys me when people use, "to this day," in a sentence.

I've met Bono and Colonel Buzz Aldrin.

My dermatologist likes me this pale.


Customer Reviews

Jamie Reidy is a funny guy. Anne-Marie  |  3 reviewers made a similar statement
I thought that this book was incredibly boring. Carmeltopher  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars No Anne Hathaway in this one February 24, 2011
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This book was not what I expected. With the release of the movie, I expected the book to have a love story painted throughout. After getting the to end of the book I was disappointed to have none of that love story in it. Mentions of girl friends, sure, but nothing that hooked me. What I was expecting to get didn't match what the book was actually about.

That being said, this is a good book. I wouldn't rank it in my top 10, but Jamie Reidy is a good story teller and parts of the book did make me laugh out loud. I never thought that I wanted to know that much about Pfizer, but I'm glad I do.

If you're looking for a quirky memoir about a pharmaceutical sales rep, I would read this one. If you're looking for a memoir laced with a love story, I suggest "It's Kind Of A Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to spend a day over the Christmas holiday! November 30, 2010
Format:Paperback
A really fun read and wild ride through the life a pharmaceutical salesman. Although the movie does not follow the book exactly, the commonality between Jake Gyllenhaal's role in "Love and Other Drugs" and Jamie Reidy's main character in "Hard Sell" do parallel one another fairly closely. Please read the book then go watch the movie! You won't be disappointed!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard Sell January 9, 2011
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I liked this book. It was really interesting to see how these companies work. It will definitely make me ask my doctor exactly WHY is he/she writing script for the particular med at that time. is it because it is what is best or what he is obligated to write........ makes u think......
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4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy read
Very good, someone recommended the movie and I misunderstood and downloaded this sort of by mistake. Very glad I did. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Dave Barckow
2.0 out of 5 stars It's boring
It would be interesting read during the early years of Viagra, read it in 2013 and it's dull like raw egg.
Published 2 months ago by Jozef Thenu
4.0 out of 5 stars A generation of hard working slackers
Working in a medical office I could particularly relate to the humor of Jamie 's day in and day out...when he was okin.
Published 2 months ago by Danielle Apgood
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
A very good exposure of what the drug reps are really like. Unfortunately it is all pretty much true to life.
Published 10 months ago by Dahlink
5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh-Out-Loud Funny Memoir on the Making of a Viagra Salesman
This book is great! I have not seen the movie so I can't compare. I will say there is no steady love interest, and, judging by the commercials, there was one in the movie. Read more
Published 11 months ago by S. Abraham
1.0 out of 5 stars Boring!
I thought that this book was incredibly boring. I saw it on a friends must read list so I thought that I would give it a try. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Carmeltopher
3.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable but Real Story
Move over Wall Street. Talk about who's making money off of the public that doesn't deserve it. A great look inside the insidious drug industry.
Published 17 months ago by Maureen Rosch
3.0 out of 5 stars Really??
It was an okay read, but NOTHING like the movie and I probably wouldn't have chosen to read it if I'd known that. My favorite parts were the Epilogues at the end.
Published on May 19, 2011 by A. Martinez
1.0 out of 5 stars Not Worth The Effort
I was most disappointed in this book, and found Jaime Reidy to be only semi-professional as a writer. Read more
Published on April 11, 2011 by Rachel's mom
2.0 out of 5 stars I feel sorry for Pfizer
Hard Sell was in an easy to read format but, I couldn`t help but feel uncomfortable at some of the things this author bragged about in his book. Read more
Published on January 13, 2011 by avidreader14
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