On the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards, Max--an Oscar-winning writer/director whose fame has waned--and his lover, Elena, are in bed, still groggy from last night's red-carpet festivities. They are talking about movies, talking about love, talking about the just-begun war in Iraq. But a house full of guests demands attention. They share their stories of Hollywood past and present; they watch films in Max's luxe screening room; they gossip by the swimming pool, and tussle in the many bedrooms. The tension mounts, sparks fly, and Smiley delivers a virtuosic, unputdownable romp of a novel about love, war, sex, politics, storytelling--and, of course, redemption--that's Hollywood!.
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ISBN: 1400040612 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781400040612 (alk. paper)
Physical Description:449 p. ; 25 cm.print
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:New York : Knopf, 2007.
General Note: "A Borzoi book.".Cover title: Ten days in the hills : a novel.