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Zustand: Good. David Holzman (illustrator). Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st printing ; ca. 150 p. : chiefly ill. ; 26 x 26 cm. ; LC: HS61; Dewey: 369/.0973 ; OCLC: 3104111 ; ISBN: 0879320850 (pbk.); 9780879320850 (pbk.) LCCN: 75-21901 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; covers soiled, corner clipped ; photos of various groups include Masons, Rainbow Girls, Avon Bottle Club, Jaycees, Elks, John Birch Society, Companions of the Forest of America, American Legion, Rotary Club, Toastmasters, Christian Womens' Club, De Molay, Military Order of the Louse, San Jose Coin Club, Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, National Federation of Business, Professional Womens' Club, Sigma Phi, Corral Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Las Damas Club, Soroptimists, Druid's Circle, Eagle Squares, Chamber of Commerce, Lions Club, Foresters, Senior Californians, Rotary, American Association of University Women, Newcomers, Job's Daughters, Parents Without Partners, Lamaze, Engineer's Wives Club, League of Women Voters, Friends of Mothers and Babies, Jehovah's Witnesses, Beta Sigma Phi, Road Runners, Non-Smokers Bridge Association, Reach Out, Social Dance Club, American Bowling Congress, Future Farmers of America, Amateur Bike League of America, Amateur Athletic Union, Pacific International Trapshooting Association, Bboy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Indian Guides, Kiwanis Club ; G. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Annie Leibovitz (Author photograph) and Frederic J (illustrator). First Printing [stated]. xiv, 199, [3] pages. Black mark on bottom edge. The dust jacket has some wear, chip and soiling and is in a plastic sleeve. József Antal Eszterhás (born November 23, 1944), credited as Joe Eszterhas, is a Hungarian-American writer. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. After an early career as a journalist and editor, he entered the film industry. Eszterhas became a National Book Award nominee for his nonfiction work Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse in 1974.[20] A studio executive who read the book contacted Eszterhas, telling him that it was "very cinematic" and suggested he could be a screenwriter. This motivated him to change careers and start writing scripts.[His first screenwriting credit was for the film F.I.S.T. He co-wrote the script for Flashdance, which became one of the highest grossing films of 1983, and set off a lucrative and prolific run for his career. By the early 1990s, he was known as the highest-paid writer in Hollywood, and noted for his work in the erotic thriller genre. He was paid a then-record $3 million for his script Love Hurts, which was produced as Basic Instinct, and following its success, news outlets reported he earned seven-figure salaries solely on the basis of two-to-four page outlines. Eszterhas' screenwriting career experienced a decline, with films such as Showgirls, Jade, and An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn receiving negative reviews and performing poorly at the box office. He has since authored several books. His publications include American Rhapsody, and two volumes of memoirs: Hollywood Animal, an autobiography, and Crossbearer. Derived from a Kirkus review: A study of several narcotics busts made by the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement and the Bureau of Dangerous Drugs. The three investigations in question -- an endlessly delayed prosecution of the nark murder of unarmed Dirk Dickenson, whose country cabin was descended upon like a Vietnamese hamlet; a futile attempt to concoct a "hippie Mafia" in a non-existent Brotherhood of Love commune in Laguna Beach; and the interlocking crimes of Gerritt Van Raam, field supervisor of the BNE -- substantiate the author's claim that narcotics agents are essentially paid goons, perjurious and double-crossing, who systematically obtain illegal search warrants and plant false evidence, blackmail arrested youngsters to make them informers, carry out vendettas not against the Mafia but against the civil-libertarian lawyers who so often have their cases thrown out of court on "echnicalities." "Far out, and absolutely, absolutely insane -- these frenzied articles come courtesy of Rolling Stone.