In this haunting, extraordinary novel, award-winning novelist Paul Monette vividly captures an unconventional cast of characters whose tangled lives play out against the backdrop of a Hollywood that is at once luminous and melancholy -- a Hollywood where making it to the top can be far more harrowing than never making it at all. It was just a surreal one-night stand with a virtual stranger, a gypsy-eyed drifter with an inexplicably infectious passion for Thoreau. Yet for would-be screenwriter Greg Cannon, the fleeting ...
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In this haunting, extraordinary novel, award-winning novelist Paul Monette vividly captures an unconventional cast of characters whose tangled lives play out against the backdrop of a Hollywood that is at once luminous and melancholy -- a Hollywood where making it to the top can be far more harrowing than never making it at all. It was just a surreal one-night stand with a virtual stranger, a gypsy-eyed drifter with an inexplicably infectious passion for Thoreau. Yet for would-be screenwriter Greg Cannon, the fleeting encounter bears the promise of something even more elusive in this jaded town than coveted stardom. Then, Harry Dawes is found with his wrists slashed, naked in a hot tub with the body of Hollywood's hottest -- and also closeted -- actor. And Greg, who has lost a hundred men in his time, but only this one to violence, finds himself robbed of the chance to fall in love. Reeling from the loss of a man he barely knew, he sets out to uncover the truth about the apparent double suicide. Ultimately, his attempt to unravel the enigmatic public and private lives of the tragic victims and those they left behind, leads him on a complex journey as remarkable and revealing as the final destination.
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Add this copy of The Long Shot to cart. $2.76, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Kensington Publishing Corporation.
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