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The Return of the Player
Overview
In The Player, the Hollywood classic that was adapted into the celebrated movie by Robert Altman, film executive Griffin Mill got away with murder. Now Mill is back, down to his last $6 million, and broke. His second wife wants to leave him. His first wife still loves him. His children hate him, and believing that the end of the world is happening, he wants to save them all, with one last desperate plan to save his life: quit the studio and convince an almost billionaire that he has the road map and the mettle to make them both achieve savage wealth. In The Return of the Player, Tolkin again delivers a brilliant, incise portrait of power, wealth, and family in contemporary society gone out of control with greed and excess.
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- ISBN-13: 9780802143020
- ISBN-10: 0802143024
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Publish Date: July 2007
- Dimensions: 8.26 x 6.62 x 0.65 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 272
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The Return of the Player
Continuing the story that he started nearly 20 years ago in The Player, Tolkin offers another smart, slick look at life in Hollywood, with movie executive Griffin Mill as star. Mill, who committed murder in the previous book and never got caught, is now feeling the weight of middle age and experiencing financial worries. With only $6 million to his name—small change in Hollywood—he is in need of cash, fast. To make matters worse, his second wife, Lisa, is unhappy; his two children detest him; and he is pining for June, his ex-wife. To solve his cash problem, Mill hatches a plot concerning private schools in Los Angeles, a scheme that forces him to commit a second murder. Mill's plan brings him into contact with a wealthy entertainment broker, who is soon picking his brain for even bigger money-making schemes. Tolkin delivers a crisp, stylish sequel with this fast-paced novel. Fans of The Player, as well as admirers of Robert Altman's acclaimed film adaptation of that book, will welcome this new chapter in the life of Griffin Mill, the kind of murderer who could only exist in Hollywood—a man with no conscience, a killer with plenty of class, style and, of course, luck.
A reading group guide is available online at www.groveatlantic.com.
The Return of the Player
Continuing the story that he started nearly 20 years ago in The Player, Tolkin offers another smart, slick look at life in Hollywood, with movie executive Griffin Mill as star. Mill, who committed murder in the previous book and never got caught, is now feeling the weight of middle age and experiencing financial worries. With only $6 million to his name—small change in Hollywood—he is in need of cash, fast. To make matters worse, his second wife, Lisa, is unhappy; his two children detest him; and he is pining for June, his ex-wife. To solve his cash problem, Mill hatches a plot concerning private schools in Los Angeles, a scheme that forces him to commit a second murder. Mill's plan brings him into contact with a wealthy entertainment broker, who is soon picking his brain for even bigger money-making schemes. Tolkin delivers a crisp, stylish sequel with this fast-paced novel. Fans of The Player, as well as admirers of Robert Altman's acclaimed film adaptation of that book, will welcome this new chapter in the life of Griffin Mill, the kind of murderer who could only exist in Hollywood—a man with no conscience, a killer with plenty of class, style and, of course, luck.
A reading group guide is available online at www.groveatlantic.com.