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Between Men: A Novel
Hoping to make it big in Hollywood, aspiring screenwriter Alice Wilder finds challenges in a handsome law student, a seductive and married director, a brazen B-movie star, a screen legend's son, and an egotistical actor. Reprint.
329 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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May 21, 2018
3.5, rounded up.
I was so impressed with Lewis' recent memoir (Mistakes Were Made, Some in French) that I sought out this, her only other book, from 23 years ago. Much of the novel actually covers some of the same territory as the memoir (in particular, her early years as a screenwriter, and her affair with a married producer - here transformed into a director), albeit in fictionalized form, but that actually added to my enjoyment of it. What ALSO remains is Lewis' cool, erudite, slightly jaundiced prose, more Joan Didion, than Jacqueline Susann, although the show biz milieu would be familiar to either. It isn't really anything revelatory, however, and despite my enjoyment of it, I can't think of a single person I would strongly recommend it to.
I was so impressed with Lewis' recent memoir (Mistakes Were Made, Some in French) that I sought out this, her only other book, from 23 years ago. Much of the novel actually covers some of the same territory as the memoir (in particular, her early years as a screenwriter, and her affair with a married producer - here transformed into a director), albeit in fictionalized form, but that actually added to my enjoyment of it. What ALSO remains is Lewis' cool, erudite, slightly jaundiced prose, more Joan Didion, than Jacqueline Susann, although the show biz milieu would be familiar to either. It isn't really anything revelatory, however, and despite my enjoyment of it, I can't think of a single person I would strongly recommend it to.
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