Turnaround

About this book

Norman Mailer hailed Don Carpenters last novel A Couple of Comedians as "the best novel Ive ever read about contemporary show biz." Lyn Tornabene called it "marvelous exotic and unforgettable." The same qualities that have won this author such high praise in the past are again present in his new novel which Kirkus Reviews calls a "a standout." In it Carpenter takes us inside the motion-picture industry--and into the ambitious obsessive lives of its producers writers actors and deal makers. At its center are Jerry Rexford a talented but naive shy young man struggling to break into The Business as a writer; Rick Heidelberg a "young Turk" with one big success behind him desperate to prove that hes more than a "one-picture wonder boy"; and topping this group Alexander Hellstrom a middle-aged mogul who in the midst of the most passionate affair of his life begins to wonder if it all really matters.... What happens to them--and the people who surround them--unfolds in a novel about Hollywood written with wit pace and above all the authenticity that have become Don Carpenters trademarks. (from front jacket flap)