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The story of what happens when a serious writer goes to Hollywood has become a cliché: the writer is paid well but underappreciated, treated like a factory worker, and forced to write bad, formulaic movies. Most fail, become cynical, drink to excess, and at some point write a bitter novel that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Sammy Glick: Add a description of this character.
- Philip Marlowe
- Maria Wyeth
- Chandler
- Budd Schulberg
- Didion
- Leonard
- Tod Hackett
- Michael Weir
- Freud
- Chili
- Wagner
- Majestyk
- Harry
- Karen
- Joe Kidd
- Faye
- Dunne
- Merton
- Mavis Weld
- Carter
- Lacan
- Bo Catlett
- Laurette
- Kate
- Julian
- Malloy
- Johnny
- Walter
- Orrin
- Perry
- Steelgrave
- Hemingway
- Al Manheim
- Phyllis
- Ballou
- Fitzgerald
- Juan
- Gottlieb
- Mrs. Schwartzen
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Chip Rhodes (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.509353
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