Dangerous Company

by Peter Bart

A Hollywood insider presents a collection of interconnected, darkly comic short fiction that captures the insanity, follies, foibles, and iniquities of the film industry, from the cover-up of a screenwriting scandal to an attorney that tries to reconcile a rift by using unspeakable secrets about the combatants' kids as leverage. 25,000 first printing.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Woody Allen once said that Show Business is "worse than Dog Eat Dog--it's Dog Doesn't Return Other Dog's Phone Calls." Peter Bart's story-collection illustrates this world well. A crisp, bitchy and delicious read.

[Jim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I feel guilty that I enjoyed this, but Peter Bart has a heart. Clever to place all the players in an upscale development, so both LA worlds of the Industry and Real Estate are interwoven.