Take Fountain: A Novel - Hardcover

"Adam Novak has a merciless eye for a society in which striving replaces every consideration of morality."-Michael Tolkin, author of The Player"A dark, unforgettable tour inside the belly of the Hollywood beast. Novak knows this world, and it shows."-D. B. Weiss, cocreator of HBO's Game of Thrones"Wonderfully written from someone on the inside, lots to learn about how the business of Hollywood works."-Mike Medavoy, producer of Black Swan"Take Fountain brings to Hollywood a slit-wrist wit that invokes the best of Bruce Wagner, with a sweetness in the darkest corners that calls to mind the late, lamented John O'Brien, but Novak's voice is all his own."-Jerry Stahl, author of Old Guy Dad and Permanent Midnight"A twisty detour off Sunset Boulevard, Take Fountain is a fast-moving ride through the heart of heartless Hollywood, where green lights are for winners, and Paramount's just a dreamer's drive-on away. For all those creative execs bored out of their collective wits at Comic-Con and constantly haranguing us to find the next Big Knife, Sweet Smell of Success, The Legend of Lylah Clare or similar acid-laced, nihilistic fare that postulates we're all just dog food this one's a definite recommend with appealing roles for our actors especially that guy from Wild Side." Lem Dobbs, screenwriter of The Limey

A podcast transcript is turned in to a small publishing house in Los Angeles. It turns out to be a piece of missing evidence in a murder investigation that ran cold. Take Fountain is the reprinting of that transcript, and only by reading the entire conversation can the murder be solved.Take Fountain is a truly unique novel that slowly simmers to boil as an interview between two filmmakers gives hints to the anatomy of a brutal murder.