false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180292577m/1020891.jpg 1020891 9 He spent his earliest years in post WWII&#8211;refugee camps. He came to America and grew up in Cleveland&#8212;stealing cars, rolling drunks, battling priests, nearly going to jail. He became the screenwriter of the worldwide hits <i>Basic Instinct,</i> <i>Jagged Edge</i>, and <i>Flashdance. </i>He also wrote the legendary disasters <i>Showgirls</i> and <i>Jade</i>.<i> </i>The rebellion never ended, even as his films went on to gross more than a billion dollars at the box office and he became the most famous&#8212;or infamous&#8212;screenwriter in Hollywood. <br><br>Joe Eszterhas is a complex and paradoxical figure: part outlaw and outsider combined with equal parts romantic and moralist. More than one person has called him &#8220;the devil.&#8221; He has been referred to as &#8220;the most reviled man in America.&#8221; But <i>Time</i> asked, &#8220;If Shakespeare were alive today, would his name be Joe Eszterhas?&#8221; and he was the first screenwriter picked as one of the movie industry&#8217;s 100 Most Powerful People. Although he is often accused of sexism and misogyny, his wife is his best friend and equal partner. Considered an apostle of sex and violence, he is a churchgoer who believes in the power of prayer. For many years the ultimate symbol of Hollywood excess, he has moved his family to Ohio and immersed himself in the midwestern lifestyle he so values. <br><br>Controversial, fearless, extremely talented, and totally unpredictable, the author of the best-selling <i>American Rhapsody</i> and National Book Award nominee <i>Charlie</i> S<i>impson&#8217;s Apocalypse </i>has surprised us yet again: he has written a memoir like no other.<br><br>On one level, <i>Hollywood Animal</i> is a shocking and often devastating look inside the movie business. It intimately explores the concept of fame and gives us a never-before-seen look at the famous. Eszterhas reveals the fights, the deals, the extortions, the backstabbing, and the sex, drugs, and rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll world that is Hollywood. <br><br>But there are many more levels to this extraordinary work. It is the story of a street kid who survives a life filled with obstacles and pain . . . a chronicle of a love affair that is sensual, glorious, and unending . . . an excruciatingly detailed look at a man facing down the greatest enemy he&#8217;s ever fought: the cancer inside him . . . and perhaps most important, <i>Hollywood Animal</i> is the heartbreaking story of a father and son that defines the concepts of love and betrayal.<br><br>This is a book that will shock you and make you laugh, anger you and move you to tears. It is pure Joe Eszterhas&#8212;a raw, spine-chilling celebration of the human spirit. 1007018 27 1 2004 Hollywood Animal: A Memoir total:79|5:12|4:23|3:29|2:9|1:6| 79 263 118 20 1020891 0375413553 9780375413551 71 17 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180292577m/1020891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1020891.Hollywood_Animal_A_Memoir 2 0 false Mon Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Nov 26 21:22:05 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 21:22:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1020891 0375413553 9780375413551 71 17 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180292577m/1020891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1020891.Hollywood_Animal_A_Memoir 2 0 false Sun Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Sun Oct 04 07:46:01 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 09:49:15 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1020891 0375413553 9780375413551 71 17 3.33 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180292577m/1020891.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1020891.Hollywood_Animal_A_Memoir 4 0 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:06:49 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 20:12:56 -0800 2008
First Anne Rice find religion, now Joe Eszterhas. Whose next? Hugh Hefner?

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My father gave me a lesson about America.
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