(Reader Scott Izen with his copy of Luigi's Chinese
Delicatessen)
Amazon review of Luigi's Chinese Delicatessen,
A Novel About Hollywood by Jim
Vines
"Jim Vines has effectively captured the essence of
stereotypical Hollywood and slipped it between the sheets of an enjoyable and
fast read....Here the trusty and otherwise intelligent protagonist, Trent,
arrives in town as yet another doe-eyed wannabe who believes anything from the
mouths of people who really know nothing, whose passion becomes fraught with
empty promises, lies and downright theft. What he doesn't know indeed hurts
him, which leaves him hardened but not any smarter. Such is often the case in
cinema, though Vines effectively smooths out the bouts of mental turbulence
that nonfictional reality can dish out, i.e., there’s no shortage of people
looking to steal your work, who not only profit from it, but take credit for it
as well. At least he (Trent) gets laid from time to time, graphically but
tastefully described in an NC-17 sort of way. Lucky bastard! That said, this
novel mainly supports a seedier notion that success is limited to the wonts of
insensitive agents, flashy producers and eccentric directors versus honest
collaboration and hard work by scores of creative and talented minds—assuming,
of course, you're not the writer." — 4-Star Amazon review by Books Worth Buying
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No witches, no warlocks, no vampires.
Just a sexy, rollicking tale about a guy trying to hit it big in Hollywood.
Just a sexy, rollicking tale about a guy trying to hit it big in Hollywood.
"A great
summer read!"
" A sexy
Hollywood tale!"
"It's WHAT
MAKES SAMMY RUN for the 21st century!"
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