Love Is a Racket - Hardcover

Ridley, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375401423 ISBN 13: 9780375401428

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1998

Synopsis

An alcoholic street hustler and failed screenwriter with a loan shark on his back, Jeffty Kittridge stumbles upon a beautiful, young homeless woman and cooks up the scheme of a lifetime, only to fall prey to love. 50,000 first printing. Tour.

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About the Author

John Ridley began his career as a stand-up comedian in New York before becoming a writer for several sitcoms, such as Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and The John Larroquette Show. Having done slave labor as a screenwriter in Hollywood, he has also, on occasion, worked with such visionaries as Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Stone, and Ernie Pandish. This is his second novel. He lives on the West Coast somewhere.

From the Inside Flap

novel since <i>Stray Dogs,</i> John Ridley offers up a brilliant noir farce about a small-time con man who finally gets it right just before it all goes wrong.<br>        <br>Everything's a racket for Jeffty Kittridge, a thirty- seven-year-old ex-wannabe scriptwriter living on the skids in Hollywood--the two-bit cons he pulls for spending money; the way he convinces himself that he's not a drunk between every shot of booze he kicks back; the way he tries to assure Dumas, the local shark, that he's just about to pay off his 15K debt . . . Except he's not good at any of that. He's been in jail twice (and the state's got a bad attitude about seeing someone the third time); that bug he just felt crawling up his neck is most likely the first installment of the DTs; and Dumas recently delivered a fairly emphatic payment-due reminder: a couple of his goons busted two of Jeffty's fingers. The fact is, Jeffty's a loser, big as they come, and things aren't ab

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375401423
• ISBN 13: 9780375401428
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 295