What Makes Sammy Run? : A Novel

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.