Summary
It was a preposterously glamorous gig, the sort of jet-setting occupation a shallow Matthew McConaughey character might have in a cheesy romantic comedy - until McConaughey’s character falls in love in the second act and learns the greater bliss of settling down with a regular girl like Kate Hudson. Only I was stuck in my second act. The way things were going, I’d end up as Matthew McConaughey for the rest of my life, and nobody wants that.
Max Lerner has it all figured out. He’s got …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780225135 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178022513X |
| Author: | Benjamin Svetkey |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 19mm |
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I wrote about pop culture for 10 years and the guy I wanted to write like was Benjamin Svetkey. If you want an insider’s look at Hollywood told with an outsider’s sense of humor, you need look no further. LEADING MAN is about the adored and the adoring, the famous and their flocks, the people up on pedestals and those who put them there - it’s a funny, sharp deconstruction of our fame-obsessed, media-savvy culture, a charming love story, and a ridiculously fun read – Gillian Flynn, author of GONE GIRL
I wrote about pop culture for 10 years and the guy I wanted to write like was Benjamin Svetkey. If you want an insider’s look at Hollywood told with an outsider’s sense of humor, you need look no further. LEADING MAN is about the adored and the adoring, the famous and their flocks, the people up on pedestals and those who put them there - it’s a funny, sharp deconstruction of our fame-obsessed, media-savvy culture, a charming love story, and a ridiculously fun read – Gillian Flynn, author of GONE GIRL
About The Author
Benjamin Svetkey
Benjamin Svetkey is a writer and editor who spent two decades at Entertainment Weekly, flying around the world visiting film sets and writing stories about movie stars. He served as the magazine’s LA bureau chief from 2004 to 2007, and as an editor at large until 2012. Svetkey has also published stories in The New York Times magazine and Rolling Stone. He lives in Santa Monica, California, with his wife and daughter.
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