{"product_id":"turnaround-9780671253530","title":"Turnaround","description":"\u003cp\u003eNorman 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)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913992658997,"sku":"ByrdShop_0671253530","price":984.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780671253530.jpg?v=1787328666","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/turnaround-9780671253530","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}