num_pages: 328
description: The classic book that shaped two generations’ view of the movie business and introduced the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick. He’s got a machete mouth and a genius for double-cross. As Budd Shulberg—author of the screenplay On the Waterfront —follows Sammy’s relentless upward progress, he creates a virtuoso study in character that manages to be hilariously appalling yet deeply compassionate. “Sammy Glick remains at the top of the Hollywood sleaze heap, a hustler nonpareil…. What Makes Sammy Run? Is still the quintessential novel about “the all-American heel.’” – Moredcai Richler, GQ
language: English
title: What Makes Sammy Run?
titlecomplete: What Makes Sammy Run?
characters: Sammy Glick
genres: Fiction, American, Philosophy, Media Tie In, Literature, Classics, Novels, Self Help, Contemporary, Film
ratings_count: 2924
publisher: Vintage