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Summary: A KNOCKOUT
Review: YOU MAY NEVER LOOK AT A POLITICIAN THE SAME WAY AGAIN!WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT MOVIE STARS.LOTS OF ROADKILL ALONG THE WAY INCLUDING SHARON STONE AND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH HALLF OF HOLLYWOOD.ESZTERHAUS TAKES NO PRISONERS.IF THIS BOOK DOES NOT SELL YOU MAY FIND HIM WORKING IN YOUR LOCAL CAR WASH.
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Summary: so bad it is great !
Review: hollywoods bad boy is at it again.from sharon stone to farrah...eszterhaus puts the woman of tinsel town away.from nicholson to michael douglas the men fare no better....and thats just for openers!bill,hillary and george w soon become cannon fodder.i could not stop laughing.i could not put it down.wow.wow.wow.
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Summary: Sleaze-O-Plenty!
Review: Wotta hoot! I received this book today and have already plowed through the first sixty or so pages of this aging baby boomer's diatribe against the Big Boomer who's soon going to be out of a job! I fully expected Eszterhas to be a Clinton Apologist, and while that may yet happen, the first few chapters are devastating as all-get-out, delivering disturbingly hilarious 'blow-by-blow' accounts of what Bubba's been up to. Warning...unless you leave copies of Hustler lying around the house in full view of your toddlers, pre-schoolers, grade school children, pre-teens or post-pubescent kids, DO NOT LEAVE THIS BOOK UNATTENDED! There's a boatload of funny, yet truly salacious material in this and if innocent hands open 'American Rhapsody', randomly to any page, those innocent hands will quickly grow hair upon the palms. But for the rest of us, two thumbs up! Now, I gotta go. Where's my cigar...and, why're my hands itchy all of a sudden...what's wrong with my eyesight...?
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Summary: Profound and Important.
Review: No reader will agree with of the "voices" heard in this book. But Mr. Eszerhas has captured the essence of much that has been wrong in our society during the past 40 years.The book is a fast, breathtaking read but when you do put it down you have to ask yourself where to we collectively go from here?How have the very much indulged children of the sixties who thought they could change the world, lead us to where we are now? There are no answers here but many questions are finally put on the table.President and Mrs. Clinton are really just symptoms of a much bigger pattern and Joe Eszterhas shows it all. And I mean all!
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Summary: best audiobook ever!
Review: I spent over an hour just sitting in my car to listen to the end of this tape.People started to come over and see if anything was wrong I was convuulsing with laughter.Bill Maher brought tears to my face.melissa gilbert and deborah raffin knocked me out.this was the best.
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Summary: WILD AND CRAZY READ
Review: THIS WAS A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE FROM HOLLYWOOD TO WASHINGTON D.C. WITH A SIDETRIP THROUH HELL.I THINK ESZTERHAUS IS THE MOST ORIGINAL HUMOROUS VOICE IN AMERICA TODAY.I ALSO BOUGHT THE UNABRIDGED AUDIO WHICH IS OVER TWENTY HOURS LONG..I HAVE LISTENED TO THE FIRST HALF AND NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD IN MY LIFE.I THINK IT IS EVEN BETTER THAN BOOK BECAUSE IT INCLUDES MATERIAL THE PUBLISHER DID NOT USE.THIS BOOK/TAPE IS THE MOST FUN I HAVE EVER HAD WITH MY CLOTHES ON.
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Summary: No Holds Barred
Review: Wow...this book gets on a roll from the first chapter and absolutely does not let up. It is a hilarious, scandelous romp through the Clinton years, from D.C. to Hollywood. If you have followed the turbulent career of Eszterhas the screenwriter and wondered what kind of a book he might conjure, this is it.I was as bored as everyone else during the Lewinski scandle, but if you thought there was nothing else to say about it, you must read this. Eszterhas breaths new life into a subject that before seemed as dead as Dillinger. In his own style, part narrative, part Hollywood tell all, part essay, he shows us a new side to this, one rarely seen under all the intense media glare that surrounded the time. If you want an entertaining read that is also an interesting look back, pick this up. You will not be disapointed.
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Summary: Political Scandels ala Eszterhas
Review: I'm all for satire and a good wicked read -- especially when it comes to hollywood or politics. But this book never quite rose to all it's hype and expectations. Claiming to be a gleeful "tell-all" book about the Clintons and other such scandels, AMERICAN RHAPSODY wants to be a scathing satiric review of political limelight. Instead it's a good idea with no consistent sense of direction. There are moments of hilarity and occasional comic insight but mostly this is a predictable, over the top book featuring segments like "Willard Comes Clean" (translating to: the confessions of the president's penis.) A little disappointing.
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Summary: ?????
Review: I tend to vote Republican but refuse to align myself with the Right Wing or Moral Majority. I'm the guy in the middle that the candidates are really after. I say that as any review on this book should be tempered by the politics of the reader. JE is an avowed Democrat with socialist leanings. Read his most recent book "American Animal" to verify this. So it was surprising as I read the first third of this book that after an initial bow to Clinton as the Rock & Roll Prez, one of "us", he then seems to chastise him for his fatal flaws. This part of the book is interesting, engaging, but also somewhat repetitive. I still couldn't wait to read it my allotted hour a night. But there is only so much you can talk about this subject and JE rambles on and on until he finally manages to really offend me. How? Well, I just finished his most recent book, "American Animal" an autobiography which I immensely enjoyed. Full of Hollywood stories. But reading this, I see that JE has included many of the stories I enjoyed from his autobiography in this political commentary/fantasy. So is he a writer with a message or is he just repeating his few stories to make a buck? I don't know what to make of this book, thus my title. Did I enjoy some parts? Yes. Are there some interesting stories? Yes. But there is a lot of waste. It's like wandering thru a jungle with a machete looking for your trail. When you find it, it's worth the work. So maybe the only item I can add of interest came from reading this with some years of aging. JE takes on Arianna Huffington who he spends quite a bit of time describing her history to show what a bad person she is and how she climbed to the top while stepping on other people's faces. But would JE have included these chapters in this form if he had known that within a few years she would shift sides and now disavow her right wing leanings? I think not. This is not a great book. But if you enjoy reading, maybe you will enjoy it.
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Summary: MUCH more than smutty tell-all
Review: What a memorable and highly rewarding read. This book is much more than the sum of it's salacious and often repugnant contents; it's also a lecture on morality and a history lesson as well. I don't see how someone who reads this book can be derisive regarding the interlacing of fiction or the sheer amount of sordid detail. Given Eszerhas' talent for script writing and keen interest for the underbelly of the American society, how his book is put together should be no surprise. It's certainly not a novel or a bucket of heresay poo.
I am one who is generally both revolted and amused by the tabloids, and shows like Entertainment Television. But I could not put this book down. The book is informative and revealing, and I found myself lauging out loud and cringing, often while reading the same paragraph. I particularly enjoyed the moments where Eszterhas reflects on his own life; it's probably the most engaging aspect of the book. Expecting to find a smutty and over the top tell-all, I found something rich in intelligent, values-based writing.
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