It's inspired by the time Schulberg spent as a young screenwriter in the charge of an old, alcoholic F. Scott Fitzgerald when Schulberg was paired with the great author to work on a screenplay together. Unfortunately, this book is out of print, and I'm not even sure how I chanced upon my vintage copy, but if you can find this book, devour it. It's a beautiful, flawed masterpiece...it goes on a bit too long and there seemed to be a better place to end it when I read it, but it went on for another mile. That said, a compelling read.
By the way, I've never seen all these salacious, pulpy paperback covers for "What Makes Sammy Run?" and "Disenchanted." They did the similar dime store paperback treatment with "Ask the Dust," totally misrepresenting the content with the trashy idealized cover. These covers kind of cheapen these great books but the painted covers are pretty neat. So be it!
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