American Rhapsody
by Joe Eszterhas
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"The setting: Washington, Hollywood, and the landscape of the American Republic ... The stars: Bill and Hillary Clinton, George W. Bush, Al Gore, John McCain, Ken Starr, and Monica Lewinsky. The supporting players: Warren Beatty, James Carville, Sharon Stone, Larry Flynt, Vernon Jordan, Linda Tripp, Matt Drudge, and Bob Packwood (with cameos by Richard Nixon and Farrah Fawcett, Eleanor Roosevelt and David Geffen, Robert Evans and Richard Gere) ... A fun-house mirror held up to our own show more morals, hypocrisies, and desires"--Dust jacket. show lessTags
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Shortly after finishing reading American Animal, I saw this book on sale at the store and bought it without even checking what the subject was. When I found out that it was about Monica Lewinsky and President Clinton, I was disappointed because I did not care about that topic, and it was all I had been hearing about for a period of months in the U.S. news back when it was actually happening. So when I started reading the book and started enjoying it, that was a good resolution to my earlier unease. Reading Eszterhas about Washington is just as much fun as when he talks about Hollywood. I hope he writes another book about non-Hollywood topics, and just American life in general. For example, if he would approach topics like homelessness, show more changes to health insurance laws and American war strategy. But maybe not, maybe it is better if he sticks to the topics he has already done. He knows better how to pick them than I do. show less
Wonderful.
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Joe Eszterhas redefined the role of Hollywood screenwriter, becoming a major Hollywood power broker and receiving the kind of treatment and press coverage given to stars. His bestselling books include American Rhapsody (0786229950) and Hollywood Animal (0099472546).
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- Canonical title
- American Rhapsody
- Original publication date
- 2000
- People/Characters
- Warren Beatty; Bill Clinton; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Bob Dylan; Farrah Fawcett; Gennifer Flowers (show all 11); Robert Evans; Al Gore; Monica Lewinsky; Sylvester Stallone; Susan Stone
- Important places
- Washington, D.C., USA; Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Epigraph*
- Opwindend * Onthullend * Ontluisterend
- Dedication*
- Voor Naomi, Zonnestraal
- Quotations*
- Liefde is als een sigaar, Als het vuur eenmaal uitgedoofd is, kun je het niet meer opnieuw aansteken. Het wordt nooit meer hetzelfde. (Richard M. Nixon)
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Classifications
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 973.929 — History & geography History of North America United States 1901- Cold War, Vietnam War, Digital Age (1953-2001) Bill Clinton (1993-2001) North American Free Trade Agreement, Impeachment of Bill Clinton, Balanced Budget Surplus Era
- LCC
- E886.2 .E89 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Clinton's administrations, 1993-2001
- BISAC
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- Members
- 209
- Popularity
- 156,333
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (2.72)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, French
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 1
