Lucky Bruce : a literary memoir / Bruce Jay Friedman.
| Author/creator | Friedman, Bruce Jay |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | Emeryville, Ont. : Biblioasis, ©2011. |
| Description | 290 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | Writer, screenwriter, playwright, editor, actor, teacher: Bruce Jay Friedman has done it all, charming the glitziest industries of American culture for more than half a century. Lucky Bruce is his long-awaited memoir, and it's everything we'd expect: here is Friedman at his best, waltzing from Madison Avenue to Hollywood and back again, and reilluminating with brilliant clarity the dazzle of post-war American life. Self-effacing, wry, sharp, and funny, Friedman details with lovable candor his friendships and rivalries with the greatest writers, actors, publishers, directors and personalities of the last fifty years. He stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Steve Martin and Woody Allen. He's a dynamo of comedy and a recognized master of American letters. And in this memoir, whether he's fist-fighting with Norman Mailer, explaining to Richard Pryor why there are so few Jewish junkies, or writing screenplays in a closet with Natalie Wood as his secretary, Friedman is the king of understated charm.--From publisher description. |
| ISBN | 9781926845319 |
| ISBN | 1926845315 |