Local author Scott Phillips wrote one of my favorite books of noir fiction this year, but this one centers around an amoral, philandering soap-opera star, instead of an amoral private detective. Randall is a moderate success in the States, but his soap is hugely, phenomenally popular in France. He decides to take advantage of that fact and make a movie there. He seeks financing from a violent arms dealer (while sleeping with the man's wife), and starts co-writing the script with a local writer of crazily pornographic prose. Randall is also sleeping with the head of the the production company, a young woman who wants to be an actress, and a former co-worker whose now doing porn. Now husbands, ex-husbands, and boyfriends are all after him, and his whole movie deal is unraveling. The steps he takes to save his deal are horrific, but like a true Phillips character, he is blithely unconcerned as he adds to his crimes. Great fun for those who don't mind the sex and violence.
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