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Tinsel (novel)
''Tinsel'' is a 1979 novel written by William Goldman. It was the third of a four-book deal he had with Delacorte Press after ''Marathon Man'' and ''Magic''. He called it "my Hollywood novel." Background Goldman had gone through an intense period of work writing screenplays and realised it had been two years since he wrote anything that was just for him, so decided to write a novel. He says he began writing ''Tinsel'' on April Fools' Day 1978 and finished it five months later. Goldman actually started to write two novels at the same time, both about Hollywood. He would work three pages on one, three pages on the other, and said at the end of the first week the second novel, which became ''Tinsel'' "was working alright, so I just gave up on the other". He finished ''Tinsel'' in August. Goldman said in a 1979 interview that he was motivated to write the novel to explore the treatment of women in Hollywood: There are a couple of basic truths about this town. One is that nobody knows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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