Temptation

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Like all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, Dávid Armitage wants to be rich
and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothiiig but failure. Then, out of nowhere, big time luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television — and before you can say 'overnight success', he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series. Suddenly a 'player' in TinselTown, he fínds himself reinventing himself at great speed — especially when it comes to walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer
who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. Dávid takes the bait, and suddenly finds himself inadvertently entering into a Faustian Pact, and an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.
Written with his usual page-turning brio, Douglas Kennedy's wonderfully sardonic and... Tovább

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Like all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, Dávid Armitage wants to be rich
and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothiiig but failure. Then, out of nowhere, big time luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television — and before you can say 'overnight success', he's the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series. Suddenly a 'player' in TinselTown, he fínds himself reinventing himself at great speed — especially when it comes to walking out on his wife and daughter for a young producer
who worships only at the altar of ambition. But David's upward mobility takes a decidedly strange turn when a billionaire film buff named Philip Fleck barges into his life, proposing a very curious collaboration. Dávid takes the bait, and suddenly finds himself inadvertently entering into a Faustian Pact, and an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.
Written with his usual page-turning brio, Douglas Kennedy's wonderfully sardonic and nightmarish tale of a Hollywood success story gone askew is a dark, funny journey into the wrong side of the American dream.
PRAISE FOR STATE, OF THE UNION
'The story is sit-up-until-3am readable, the wide-ranging cast of highly individual characters is beautifully handled' Sundajr Times
'State of the Union has the feel of a handgun primed for Russian roulette. The climax, when past and future collide, is explosive' The Times
'Kennedy is a complete genius when it comes to understanding Égjrthe minds of stylish but troubled women. What's more, he does so enthrallingly and movingly' Dailj Miiror Vissza