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Dead Space
(1997)(Beyond the Beyond)
(The second book in the Charlie Willis series)A novel by Lee Goldberg
Television Can Kill You!
Ex-cop Charlie Willis handles "special security" or Pinnacle Pictures. His job: to protect the studio and its stars, to stop scandals before they explode, to keep the peace in the land of make-believe.When Pinnacle revives the cult, 1960s TV series "Beyond the Beyond" as the cornerstone of a fourth network, two powerful forces fight for control of the show -- a talent agency that uses blackmail, torture, and murder to keep its clients on the A-list, and a homicidal legion of rabid fans led by an insane actor who thinks he's in outer space. Here's what some of the critics said about "My Gun Has Bullets," the first Charlie Willis adventure: "B+... My Gun Has Bullets is apt to make you cackle like a sitcom laugh track" - Entertainment Weekly "The giddiest debut of the year!" Kirkus Reviews "Goldberg's very funny novel is a pinch of Carl Hiaasen, a dash of Donald Westlake, and a heaping portion of avarice and inanity, Hollywood Style. It's boffo!" Booklist "It's Bullets over Baywatch!" USA Today
Genre: Mystery
Ex-cop Charlie Willis handles "special security" or Pinnacle Pictures. His job: to protect the studio and its stars, to stop scandals before they explode, to keep the peace in the land of make-believe.When Pinnacle revives the cult, 1960s TV series "Beyond the Beyond" as the cornerstone of a fourth network, two powerful forces fight for control of the show -- a talent agency that uses blackmail, torture, and murder to keep its clients on the A-list, and a homicidal legion of rabid fans led by an insane actor who thinks he's in outer space. Here's what some of the critics said about "My Gun Has Bullets," the first Charlie Willis adventure: "B+... My Gun Has Bullets is apt to make you cackle like a sitcom laugh track" - Entertainment Weekly "The giddiest debut of the year!" Kirkus Reviews "Goldberg's very funny novel is a pinch of Carl Hiaasen, a dash of Donald Westlake, and a heaping portion of avarice and inanity, Hollywood Style. It's boffo!" Booklist "It's Bullets over Baywatch!" USA Today
Genre: Mystery
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