Conversations with My Agent - Softcover

Long, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571176070 ISBN 13: 9780571176076

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 1996

Synopsis

The author tells the story of his life in the US television business, from his job as a writer for "Cheers", then its demise and how he coped with starting from scratch again, and through the ins and outs of getting a series on television. The book also provides a view of the industry as a whole.

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Review

The funniest and wittiest thing to come out of Tinseltown since Curb Your Enthusiasm (Arena on Set Up, Joke, Set Up, Joke)

My book of the year ... There's simply no more reliable guide to contemporary Hollywood (Evening Standard Books of the Year)

Very, very funny ... as riveting and real as gossip. Indeed, there's a brilliant section on the nature and meaning of Hollywood gossip ... There's just enough moral weight in this hugely enjoyable book to make you wonder if it's all really worth it (Guardian)

His novel within a novel within a script is a hilarious, shocking and honest account of how Hollywood really works (Daily Mirror)

There are numerous passage here that still chime gruesomely with present-day experience, as Long's naïve positively is met head- on by his agent's crushingly cynical reminders that he's just a writer . This isn't just a showbiz humour but Jewish humour (Christopher Fowler Independent 2014-06-16)

Book Description

Rob Long's two brilliant, funny and ironical books about what really goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood are now published in one volume for the first time

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571176070
• ISBN 13: 9780571176076
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160