The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood
The Deal: A Novel of Hollywood
Author: Peter Lefcourt
Desc: 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 a few conceptual changes morph the project into Lev Disraeli: Freedom Fighter an action thriller with a black Jewish superstar a Yugoslavian location a mad Polish director and even a real-life kidnapping. Is Charlie Berns being eaten alive by the system? Or is he giving the 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.