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"Joe Eszterhas has written some of Hollywood's biggest hits 'Basic Instinct'; 'Flashdance' and walked away with some of the largest writing cheques in the industry's history. In 'The Devil's Guide to Hollywood' he reveals everything he knows about the movies the players, the personalities, the legends and screenwriting itself, revealing all that has inspired, amused and enraged him in Hollywood since his career began. Hilarious, colourful but also practical, this is required reading for anyone who s ever thought of writing for the screen, and for anyone who wants the inside story on the organised insanity of the movie business. AUTHOR: Joe Eszterhas has forgotten more about writing for the movies than most self-declared experts on the subject have ever learnt. In this dazzling, funny and serious guide he gives the low-down on what every Hollywood screenwriter should know from day one. Eszterhas has walked away with some of the biggest writing cheques in Hollywood history and written some of its biggest hits. He's a walking compendium on how the system we keep hearing about really works. Not since William Goldman's ""Adventures in the Screen Trade"" has a master of the art of story-telling on film been so candid, so engaging, and so downright helpful. This is required reading for anyone who's ever thought of writing for the screen, and for anyone who wants the inside story on the organised insanity of the movie business."

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An amusing and scandal-packed guide to making yourself Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter... As a peek though a broken window into the mind of one of history's most successful screenwriters, and a guide to getting ahead, it's in a class of its own * Empire * He is without shame, and it is this utter shamelessness that makes his book such rollicking fun... stuffed full of raunchy gossip * Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week * Eszterhas is evidently a master of the game... a writer who has sold his scripts but not his soul **** * Sunday Express * Brimming with great quotations -- Toby Young Leaves no bridge unburned... Pithy and pompous, funny and bitter... hard to put down * Total Film * Addictive... shockingly indiscreet * Metro * Accessible, perceptive, passionate and funny, delivered in the author's characteristic no-holds-barred, visceral, profanity-strewn prose... An indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in screenwriting or Hollywood folklore * Sunday Times * Punchy, belligerent... hilarious * Guardian *

Punchy, belligerent... hilarious * Guardian * Accessible, perceptive, passionate and funny, delivered in the author's characteristic no-holds-barred, visceral, profanity-strewn prose... An indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in screenwriting or Hollywood folklore * Sunday Times * Addictive... shockingly indiscreet * Metro * Leaves no bridge unburned... Pithy and pompous, funny and bitter... hard to put down * Total Film * Brimming with great quotations -- Toby Young Eszterhas is evidently a master of the game... a writer who has sold his scripts but not his soul **** * Sunday Express * He is without shame, and it is this utter shamelessness that makes his book such rollicking fun... stuffed full of raunchy gossip * Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week * An amusing and scandal-packed guide to making yourself Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter... As a peek though a broken window into the mind of one of history's most successful screenwriters, and a guide to getting ahead, it's in a class of its own * Empire *

'Punchy, belligerent... hilarious' - Guardian. 'Accessible, perceptive, passionate and funny, delivered in the author's characteristic no-holds-barred, visceral, profanity-strewn prose... An indispensable addition to the library of anyone interested in screenwriting or Hollywood folklore' - Sunday Times. 'Addictive... shockingly indiscreet' - Metro. 'Leaves no bridge unburned - Pithy and pompous, funny and bitter... hard to put down' - Total Film. 'Brimming with great quotations' - Toby Young. 'Eszterhas is evidently a master of the game... a writer who has sold his scripts but not his soul' - **** Sunday Express. 'He is without shame, and it is this utter shamelessness that makes his book such rollicking fun - stuffed full of raunchy gossip' - Mail on Sunday, Book of the Week. 'An amusing and scandal-packed guide to making yourself Hollywood's highest-paid screenwriter - As a peek though a broken window into the mind of one of history's most successful screenwriters, and a guide to getting ahead, it's in a class of its own' - Empire.

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Joe Eszterhas redefined the role of Hollywood screenwriter, becoming a major Hollywood power broker and receiving the kind of treatment and press coverage given to stars. His bestselling books include American Rhapsody and Hollywood Animal.

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