From Publishers Weekly
This collection of short stories is narrated by a former journalist who, we learn in the first entry, was advised to go to Tinseltown to test his fictionalizing talents. PW called these "fond, funny and touching stories that expose the human being behind every Hollywood stereotype."
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Screenwriter/journalist Freeman casts a wryly acerbic eye on Hollywood and its denizens in these 17 stories about lifewhich is short for power, wealth, eccentric foibles, sex and drugs, and, of course, moviesin this former dirt-streeted cowtown. To be sure, Freeman deals in typesthe producers, agents, actors, hangers-onbut unlike most Hollywood writers, he avoids the stereotypes in his portraits; each is an inventive, amusing, genuinely original character. Freeman's style is easygoing, seemingly effortless, and sharply observed, and the result is one of the most enjoyable books in this overwrought genre. Hartley wrote that "The past is another country"; well, so is Hollywood, and Freeman is its most delightful chronicler to date. David Bartholomew, NYPL
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
