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Somebody's Darling : A Novel
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Larry McMurtry writes like no one else about the American frontier. In Somebody's Darling, the frontier lies farther west, in Hollywood, where his subject is the strange world of the movies -- those who make them and those who play in them.
Somebody's Darling is the story of the fortunes of Jill Peel. Jill is brilliant, talented, and disciplined, and one of the best female directors in Tinseltown, or anywhere else. She's got it all together, except where the men in her life are concerned: Joe Percy and Owen Oarson. Joe is a womanizing, aging screenwriter, cheerfully cynical about life, love, and art and the pursuit of all three. But he'd rather be left alone with the young, oversexed wives of studio moguls. Owen is an ex-Texas football player and tractor salesman turned studio climber and sexual athlete. He'll climb from bed to bed in pursuit of his starry goal: to be a movie producer. Between the two of them and a cast of Hollywood's most unforgettable eccentrics, Jill Peel tries to create some movie magic.
Full of all the grit and warmth of his best work, Somebody's Darling is Larry McMurtry's deft and raunchy romp behind the scenes of America's own unique Babel: Hollywood.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780684853895
ISBN: 0684853892
Label: Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: 2002-05-07
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Studio: Simon & Schuster
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Entertaining, humorous, and a little seedy -
Using first person, an unusual perspective for McMurtry, Somebody's Darling traces the development of three people through the lens of the film industry replete with its glories, disappointments, and mostly confusions. Because making a film is so complex including securing actors, dealing with their personalities, wading through the swamps of writers, producers, directors, and finally critics, it makes sense to write a book that seems awash with people, their unpredictable reactions to events, and mostly their poor decisions.
Unlike many books about film-making, Somebody's Darling avoids the gossipy soap-opera scene or the inevitable demonstration of every technical aspect that exists in the industry. Instead, the book uses an appropriate balance of realism mixed with the oft quirky and odd personalities that seem to accompany people in the arts. Nobody presented is perfect, but nobody (with maybe one exception) is all bad. This gives the reader a healthy look at the many challenges presented in relationships that develop in the work place and how to juggle the constant demands of work and play.
Yet, even though a plot such as this would normally be filled with tragedy and sadness, somehow McMurtry finds the comedy amidst the bleakness of the lives presented. The constant flow of human energy has an embracing quality that lends itself to sympathy with many of the characters and a deep appreciation for Jill, the main character in the book.
The concept of the book is creative and interesting, but the use of first person which would normally cause a connection to the narrator, actually resulted in quite a bit of disdain for the people's reactions. In addition, the extensive use of dialog should have caused an understanding and sympathy with many of the people, but instead, it gave a disjunct quality to the story. When that element melds with excessive low standard behavior from most of the characters, the result is a book that seems rather seedy in a humorous way and lacks in purpose. It is difficult to recommend a book that is missing redeeming qualities in the people and instead focuses on constant human failings.
Still, it is a fun read by an important American author about an industry most people know very little about. Not one of his best, but certainly valuable for its new perspective.
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Uneventful -
The concept of the book(s) itself was good. I enjoyed reading into more than one character's life during the same period in time. However, I found the whole book, uneventful, and boring. I feel the author did not fulfill the female character's 'realness' in her narration. It's a male author's version of a females thoughts, feelings, and conversations. And with that, the female character's chapter is not compelling, insightful, nor does it have a bit of true emotion. I was very disappointed in the end.
Threw It Away -
After "Duane's Depressed," a really good book, I read "Leaving Cheyenne," a pretty good book but then I bought this one. The characters are so unsympathetic that I cared not a hoot what happened to any of them. I didn't even finish this book.
A great example of McMurtry's diversity -
In a novel about one of Larry McMurtry's most lovable female characters, McMurtry shows the literary diversity that has caused some critics to claim that he has the best male insight into the female world of any modern American novelist. The novel develops the stories of memorable but minor characters from All My Friends and Moving On into an insightful look at late 1970s Hollywood, and McMurtry's creative literary strategy shows that he is a master of characterization.
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