Temptation
Price
$7.77
Format
Hardcover
Pages
432
Publisher
Hutchinson
Publication Date
January 1, 2006
ISBN-13
978-0091799649
Dimensions
6.37 x 1.25 x 9.56 inches
Weight
1.31 pounds
Description
Review Praise for State of the Union :“ 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 “The story is sit-up-until-3am readable.” — Sunday Times From the Trade Paperback edition. About the Author Douglas Kennedy’s novels, The Dead Heart , The Big Picture , The Job , The Pursuit of Happiness , A Special Relationship and State of the Union have all been highly praised bestsellers. He is also the author of three acclaimed travel books: Beyond the Pyramids , In God’s Country and Chasing Mammon . Born in Manhattan in 1955, he lives in London with his wife and two children. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Features & Highlights
- A wonderfully sardonic and nightmarish tale of a Hollywood success story gone wrong, from the bestselling author of
- State of the Union
- .Like all would-be Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he’s tasted nothing but failure. Then, out of nowhere, luck comes his way when one of his scripts is bought for television. Suddenly, he’s the new toast of Hollywood as the creator of a hit series. A new player in Tinsel Town, David reinvents himself at great speed — notably and especially by 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. David takes the bait, and finds he has inadvertently entered a Faustian Pact, one that results in an express ride to the lower depths of the Hollywood jungle.
- From the Trade Paperback edition.
