The Deal

by Peter Lefcourt

Book Overview

Washed-up Hollywood producer Charlie Berns has mailed in his updated obit and is about to suck his Mercedes tailpipe and fade to black when a miracle materializes: his nephew, a wannabe screenwriter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679401520
• ISBN13: 9780679401520
• Release Date: April 1991
• Publisher: Random House (NY)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Snarky, Biting & Outrageously Funny

I read this book when I needed a distraction. I was expecting a blowoff novel about shallow movie people but it's really so much better than that. Some stuff in here is achingly funny, so hilarious I had to put the book down several times because I couldn't read as I was laughing so hard. Lefcourt can really write and has a fantastic sense of humor. I want to read more of his books now.

A funny and literate satire

This was my first Lefcourt book. I was too cheap to buy the 11 Karens in paperback, so here I was looking at an old (1991) novel that I could buy and be happy with. As old fan of Hollywood books and novels, this ranks among the funniest I've read. It is a quick read, but more satisfying than the typical Hollywood farce. It tells you more than you wanted to know about Benjamin Disraeli. However, the satire does not get out of hand and somehow you could almost envision the plot twists actually happening in real life. The book is well written and funny as can be. I hope the reprint wins Lefcourt new fans. I'm one. The book really gets Hollywood. Bravo!

Good read

If you're looking for a fast, funny read, you will not be disappointed with The Deal. The plot is intricate, the action is non-stop, and the characters are outlandish, especially the industry's movers and shakers-the extras-that Lefcourt takes great delight in lampooning.

Orginal, lighthearted take on the strange world of Hollywood

Peter Lefcourt could've given us a savage portrayal of studios meanies. Instead he gives us a fun world of open minded, flexible studio outsiders who make anything and everything happen on the way to producing what is supposed to be a blockbuster film. You'll like the characters - they're a little sweet and goofy even though Lefcourt shows that they can be vapid. It's a lot of fun.

A very funny novel.

This novel will have you falling off your chair and probably lead you to read the rest of Mr. Lefcourt's output. Each of his books take you on a circuitous path to an absurd ending that is somehow made believable by some very inventive and humorous writing. I would compare his books with Michael Malone's "Handling Sin," one of the funnier books in the English language.