The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood

Product Description Washed-up Hollywood producer Charlie Berns has mailed in his updated obit and is about to suck his Mercedes tailpipe and fade to black when a miracle materializes: his nephew, a wannabe screenwriter from New Jersey, has scripted the life story of Queen Victoria's prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, which Charlie manages to turn into a hot property that reinstates him as a player. But as the deal heats up, conceptual changes morph the project into Lev Disraeli: Freedom Fighter, an action thriller with a black Jewish superstar, a Yugoslavian location, and a mad Polish director. Is Charlie being eaten alive by the system? Or is he giving Hollywood hotshots a run for their money?Peter Lefcourt's hilarious satire proves the old adage that, in Hollywood, you're never quite as dead as people give you credit for. Review "A cast of colorful, memorable characters and dexterous, witty writing make this a laugh-out-loud, thoroughly enjoyable novel." --Publishers Weekly"A good-natured romp through the dream factory." --New York Times Book Review About the Author PETER LEFCOURT is a screenwriter, Emmy Award®-winning television writer, and the national bestselling author of six novels: Eleven Karens, The Woody (a Los Angeles Times Notable Book), The Deal, The Dreyfus Affair, Di and I, and Abbreviating Ernie.