Turnaround by Don Carpenter
Don Carpenter's Turnaround goes inside the motion-picture industry and into the lives of its producers, writers, actors, and deal makers. Its central characters are Jerry Rexford, a naive young writer, and Rick Heidelberg, a filmmaker trying to escape being a one-hit wonder. Alexander Hellstrom is a middle-aged mogul whose passionate affair prompts him to question his life. The novel follows how their ambitions and relationships unfold amid Hollywood pressures.
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- 1981
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