Earthquake Weather - Brossura

Lankford, Terrill Lee

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0345467787 ISBN 13: 9780345467782

Casa editrice: Ballantine Books, 2005

Riassunto

Frustrated in his job working for a despised producer, would-be filmmaker Mark Hayes finds his ambitions further compromised when a major earthquake rocks the movie industry and he discovers a dead body in his employer's pool, a situation that causes him to be falsely accused of murder. Reprint.

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“One of the best Hollywood-screenwriter...arias since Bruce Wagner’s Force Majeure and Michael Tolkien’s The Player. ”
–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“[A] knowing and atmospheric mystery-thriller....where Lankford really does earn his stripes is as a noteworthy guide–in the insider-outsider Southern California tradition of many writers–to the dark side of a city he loves to hate and can’t help being a part of.”
–Los Angeles Times

“A zippy noir....Lankford’s take on L.A. is dead-on.”
–Entertainment Weekly

“Sharp and subtle.”
–Chicago Tribune

“Lankford serves up an insider's view of Hollywood in this entertaining crime drama....a fast, fun read.”
–Publishers Weekly

“Terrill Lankford is one of my favorite novelists. His writing isn’t done with a word processor; he uses a scalpel to peel back the dirty reality under the veneer we call civilization. He has a perfect eye for detail and the ability to actually make you nervous with anticipation. When it comes to crime fiction, he’s not writing on the cutting edge; he is the cutting edge.”
—JOE R. LANSDALE

“Earthquake Weather is exactly what I expected from Terrill Lankford: a biting but bighearted look at the perils of the movie business. In Lankford’s ego-mad world, the good get punished while the wicked sit back and count their fortunes. Part Raymond Chandler and part Nathanael West, Earthquake Weather surfs the curl of apocalypse with a casual grace. A cool, satisfying ride.”
—T. JEFFERSON PARKER

“In the hilarious and brutal Earthquake Weather, Terrill Lankford has caught Hollywood and pinned it wriggling to the corkboard like an enormous Death’s Head butterfly. The phrase Hollywood crime novel is redundant. Nonetheless, Lankford has written a great one, a savagely funny take on the right and wrong sides of the studio tracks in a time and place not unlike our own. Some brave soul ought to make it into a movie.”
—SCOTT PHILLIPS
From the Hardcover edition.

L'autore

Terrill Lee Lankford is the author of the novels Shooters and Angry Moon. He has also written, produced, and directed numerous feature films. Visit the author’s web site at www.TerrillLeeLankford.com.
From the Hardcover edition.

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• Editore: Ballantine Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0345467787
• ISBN 13: 9780345467782
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 303