Two Weeks in Another Town

• Book ID: 108662495
• Publisher: Open Road Media
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 121 KB
• Category: Standards
• ISBN: 1480413348

✦ Synopsis

A struggling actors last chance becomes an unforgettable Roman holiday

World War II derailed John Andruss acting career. Marred by a facial scar and burdened by a new family, Andrus works for NATO in Paris. A producer from his past shows up with an attractive acting jobinvolving two weeks in Rome and a hefty salary. How can he pass it up?

In Rome, Andrus quickly realizes that the job is not at all what he expected. Bounced between movie sets, directors, producers, and women, he grows more uncertain of his future with each passing day.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Irwin Shaw including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the authors estate.

Review

A profound commentary on the times in which we live. Few readers can remain untouched by the drama which takes place in these pages. Los Angeles Times

Vibrant with life. Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Irwin Shaw (19131984) was an acclaimed, award-winning author who grew up in New York City and graduated from Brooklyn College in 1934. His first play, Bury the Dead (1936), has become an anti-war classic. He went on to write several more plays, more than a dozen screenplays, two works of nonfiction, dozens of short stories (for which he won two O. Henry awards), and twelve novels, including The Young Lions (1948) and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970). William Goldman, author of Temple of Gold and Marathon Man, says of Shaw: He is one of the great storytellers and a pleasure to read. For more about Shaws life and work, visit www.irwinshaw.org.

✦ Subjects

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