"One thing I've always liked about Hollywood is its zip, or speed. The whole industry depends to some extent on talent spotting. The hundreds of agents, studio executives, and producers who roam the streets of the city of Los Angeles let very little in the way of talent slip by." In this final installment of the memoir trilogy that includes "Books "and "Literary Life," Larry McMurtry, "the master of the show-stopping anecdote" ("O: The Oprah Magazine") turns his own keenly observing eye to his rollercoaster romance with Hollywood. As both the creator of numerous works successfully adapted by others for film and television ("Terms of Endearment," "Lonesome Dove," and the Emmy-nominated "The Murder of Mary Phagan") and the author of screenplays including "The Last Picture Show "(with Peter Bogdanovich), "Streets of Laredo," and the Oscar-winning "Brokeback Mountain "(both with longtime writing...
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