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"Richard Hudson is a used car salesman in love with himself and his ability to sell. His boss sends him to Los Angeles from San Francisco to start a new car dealership. Instead of getting a place of his own he takes up residence with his family. There's Mother; his mother, a gorgeously preserved woman and former ballerina. Leo, his stepfather, a once great director now out of work and only eight years older than Richard, and Leo's daughter.
One night while attending a social club meeting he has an epiphany. He's wasting his life in the empty pursuit of money; he has to make a statement before he dies. He will write and direct a movie. soon he snares Leo into his plan, and nabs a meeting with The Man to secure distribution and studio sources. He finances the movie by using the money entrusted to him by his boss for the new car lot.
As production goes underway Richard grows obsessed. He punches his secretary and lover in the stomach when she informs him she's pregnant with his child; he becomes distant, cruel, and when The Man tells him he wants to cut the emotional content of Richard's movie to make it fit for television he blows his top. his vision has been compromised."
Melvin Cartagena , Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1930's-1950's
Life of a profession:
- movie producer/director
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb:
Yes
Eccentric:
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- almost none
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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