The Hollywood Trilogy

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.