THE HOLLYWOOD TRILOGY: A COUPLE OF COMEDIANS, THE TRUE STORY OF JODY MCKEEGAN, AND TURNAROUND
Book ID/图书代码： 04940014B69764
English Summary/英文概要： Don Carpenter wrote about Hollywood like no one else. Hollywood Trilogy collects, for the first time, Carpenter’s most significant Hollywood novels—A Couple of Comedians, The Turnaround and The True Life Story of Jody McKeegan—into a single volume. Here readers will find the jungle of “B” movie Hollywood with no attempt to dress up the rawness and vulgarity of this “glamorous” town. Carpenter’s characters occupy every facet of Hollywood—there are naïve and shy young men trying to break into the business, one-picture wonders, comedy duos, beautiful starlets and middle-aged moguls wondering how exactly they got where they are. All are drawn with the wit, pace and above all, the authenticity that were Don Carpenter’s trademarks.
Following the Spring 2014 publication of Friday at Enrico’s, Carpenter’s “forgotten” novel, finished and championed by Jonathan Lethem, interest in Carpenter’s work is at an all time high. Hollywood Trilogy will introduce readers to an entirely new facet of Carpenter’s work, just waiting to be discovered by a contemporary audience.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 没有一个人能如唐•卡彭特那样书写好莱坞的历史。《好莱坞三部曲》是卡彭特首次发表的一部重要小说合集，其中包括了《两个喜剧演员》，《华丽蜕变》和《裘蒂•麦克基根的真实生活》，汇成一卷。读者可以从这部合集中发现好莱坞许多低成本投拍的影片，以及当时年轻男演员们为了试图进入这一行业时的青涩表演，这是一个充满了奇迹，喜剧二人转，美女如云，以及意气奋发的电影大亨们憧憬未来的景象。所有的这一切充满着睿智，节奏的描述，最为重要的是，则会是一部卡彭特真实纪录好莱坞辉煌历史的标杆力作。(Sandy)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 唐•卡彭特是一位美国作家，因《暴雨如注》一书而闻名。他曾发表过许多短篇，中篇小说，有着22年的剧本创作从业经历的他，在伯克利渡过了自己的童年，然后一路来到太平洋西北地区，权利中心，和随性的好莱坞。作为一位对人性弱点的诠释者，他的作品中的故事人物经常处于社会边缘，如贫困潦倒的江湖骗子，囚犯和贩毒分子。以及电影大亨们和挣扎在底层的明星们。虽然颇受业界赞誉溢美，但卡彭特的小说和故事从未真正走近普通大众的内心，他的作品大多为好莱坞所青睐。面对自己不断的病患侵袭，唐•卡彭特终不堪肩负，于1995年自杀身亡。Don Carpenter was born in Berkeley in 1932. Raised in Portland, he enlisted in the air force and returned to the Bay Area at the end of his service. He published 10 novels during his lifetime, and spent 12 years in and out of Hollywood writing for movies and television. After years of poor health he committed suicide in Mill Valley in 1995.
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