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by Rob Long (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC (7 Nov 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747547777
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747547778
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 32,006 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'It ain't pretty, but it is a hilarious tale of the life sitcom that's Hollywood.' New York Post on 'Conversations With My Agent' 'By a long way the funniest book on Hollywood since Julia Phillip's 'You'll Never Eat Lunch In This Town Again' Long's agent is is a superb comic creation.' Sunday Times on 'Conversations With My Agent' 'Rob Long's fictionalised account of his years spent as a script writer should be read by anyone who dreams of writing for television or films if you want an agent invest in this entertaining book.' Literary Review on 'Conversations With My Agent'

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`Very, very funny ... as riveting and real as gossip ... brilliant
... hugely enjoyable' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy it!, 14 Jan 2006
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I was wary of this sequel to Conversations with my Agent, thinking it would be more of the same. And I was right. It is more of the same. And it's still hilarious. Nearly ten years have passed, and our man is still trying to get to grips with Hollywood and its absurd logic, his sitcom projects are still failing to get off the ground, and his monstrous agent continues to turn churlishness into high art. Despite all the back-biting and greed and vanity on show, these books also have a Wodehousian charm to them. This Hollywood is as far removed from the real world as Blandings Castle, its plots are as absurd, its characters as comic. And running through these books is the constant joke that the slipperiest customer of all is language itself:

ME: What was his tone?

MY AGENT: (V.O.) In a word, 'elegiac'. His tone was 'elegiac'. Some, with a smaller vocabulary and a lack of appreciation for nuance, which is not something I do not have, might say 'funereal'. But I think 'elegiac' conveys the proper ambiguity.

Hollywood satire is plentiful, but Rob Long manages to do it while insisting on the humanity of its players. Money aside, he seems to say, people do this because it's fun. Even when it's hell.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Read, Laugh, Read, Laugh, 17 Nov 2005
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Once again, Long takes us on a rollercoaster ride 'behind the scenes' in the land of show. This standalone 'sequel' is edgier and funnier than his earlier book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A modern review, 2 Jun 2006
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If you've ever laughed at Sienfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Larry Sanders then just buy the book.
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