SHADOWS ON A WALL.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (1995.). First edition - Author's highly praised novel about the film industry - it begins with a small boy, on a fishing trip, who discovers a limousine lying at the bottom of a river. Inside are the bodies of two Hollywood stars, a young director and a famous rock musician. Meanwhile, production on a movie about Napoleon, 'Shadows on a Wall', is millions of dollars over budget, and the producer has gone missing. Among the reviews are these comments: "Probably the best novel about movie-making ever written." (Sunday Express). "Without a doubt, the best movie story I have ever read. A brilliant mixture of irony, comedy, pathos." (Publishing News.) 541 pp.
Condition: Fine in black wrappers - much less common than the trade edition which had a planned first printing of 75,000 copies.