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Plot Summary of With Nails
"Richard E. Grant describes his pleasent and hilariously unpleasent experiences in the entertainment biz. Grant grew up in Swaziland and has worked with directors such as Scorsese and Coppola. The book is filled with sly humour and musings on the nature of movie-making."
Ilana, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - producer/director
Job/profession/poverty story Yes

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - actor/actress/producer
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Biography of famous person? Yes
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
United States Yes
The US: - California
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - Eastern Europe
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities - Dry-cynical
Writer's slant towards subject: - neutral
How much dialogue in bio? - mostly dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 26-50% of book
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