Ik, Hollywood

Louie Peters starts with nothing, an orphan, and ends up running a film empire, a career that seems to sum up the American promise. His story carries the reader through the growth of Hollywood from the silent shorts onward, each era told in the tone and rhythm of its own pictures, from knockabout comedy to later glamour. People struggle to stay afloat in an industry that changes constantly and forgives nothing, and Louie, like the town, seems all surface.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

639 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

United States

First published

2011 by Nieuw Amsterdam

Author's age

47 when first published

ISBN

9789046810392 (original)