Trunk Piece [Paperback]

Joseph Dougherty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 27, 2008

A new story from the edges of Hollywood by award winning screenwriter Joseph Dougherty, author of "Comfort and Joi." Walter Doyle thought he was done with the movie business, but when an ambitious young woman discovers one of his old scripts and sets it on the road to blockbuster production, Walter is pulled back into a world that once treated him like a king, then tried to destroy him. They say being a writer in Hollywood can be murder. Walter's about to find out how true that is.

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About the Author

Joseph Dougherty?s plays have been produced at Manhattan Theatre Club and Lincoln Center Theater. His Emmy winning work in television includes the groundbreaking series "thirtysomething" and the HBO movies "Cast a Deadly Spell" and "Attack of the 50Ft. Woman." He has contributed to several popular television series including "Judging Amy," "Once and Again," and "Saving Grace," starring Holly Hunter. He is one of the founding editors of the online magazine "Hot Valley Writers" and his first book, "Comfort and Joi," is available at Amazon.com. Mr. Dougherty is the creator of "Handwritten Theatre," a series of dramatic pieces available for download at: http://handwrittentheatre.blogspot.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace (February 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1434839354
• ISBN-13: 978-1434839350
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,409,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joseph Dougherty received Drama Desk and Critics Outer Circle nominations for his play "Digby" produced at Manhattan Theatre Club. He wrote the libretto for the Tony winning musical "My Favorite Year" presented at Lincoln Center. An Emmy and Humanitas Prize winner for his work on the groundbreaking series "thirtysomething," he has written several movies for HBO including the Emmy winning "Cast a Deadly Spell," with Fred Ward and Julianne Moore, which was nominated for the Ray Bradbury Award by the Mystery Writers of America, and the remake of "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman," starring Daryl Hannah and directed by Christopher Guest. He has contributed as a writer and director to several popular television series including "Once and Again," "Judging Amy," "Saving Grace" starring Holly Hunter and "Pretty Little Liars." He is the creator of "Handwritten Theatre," a podcast of downloadable drama, as well as co-founder of the online literary magazine, "Hot Valley Writers." His books, "Psychopomp," "Trunk Piece," "Comfort and Joi," and the published edition of the "Handwritten Theatre" plays, are available at Amazon.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Mesmerizing Tale, March 7, 2008

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Geoffrey L. Tozer "Sly Crooner" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trunk Piece (Paperback)

Joseph Dougherty's "Trunk Piece" pulled me into it like a really good movie trailer pulls you into the theater. I mean the old kind of trailers that whetted your appetite and made you HAVE to know what happens next, not the new ones that throw up every little tidbit they can scramble together giving away everything desperate to trick you into buying a ticket.

And once the lights go down you won't be able to peel your eyes off one page and the next until you reach the heart-satisfying, thrilling and altogether unexpected release of this beautiful novel. I couldn't.

This is a murder story and it throbs with delicious twists and characters that live and breathe and get mad. And there's poetry. And funny funny stuff. And terrific dialogue that tickles and tells the truth.

It's about Hollywood. It's about making movies. It's about writing. There's a definite Raymond Chandler vibe here that vibrates throughout but it is much more than that. It's about making peace with the sometimes not so pleasant outcomes of the choices we make.

Buy this book and read it when it arrives. Don't go to the movies or watch TV. Read "Trunk Piece" instead. The film in your head will be much better than anything else you can find.