01783cam a2200289 4500 330784836 TxAuBib 20070226120000.0 060616s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006046579 9781400040612 alk. paper 1400040612 alk. paper (OCoLC)70208087 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA CD5 C#P YDXCP NSB VP@ TxAuBib Smiley, Jane. Ten days in the hills / Jane Smiley. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2007. 449 p. ; 25 cm. On the morning after the 2003 Academy Awards, Max--an Oscar-winning writer/director whose fame has waned--and his lover, Elena, are in bed, still groggy from last night's red-carpet festivities. They are talking about movies, talking about love, talking about the just-begun war in Iraq. But a house full of guests demands attention. They share their stories of Hollywood past and present; they watch films in Max's luxe screening room; they gossip by the swimming pool, and tussle in the many bedrooms. The tension mounts, sparks fly, and Smiley delivers a virtuosic, unputdownable romp of a novel about love, war, sex, politics, storytelling--and, of course, redemption--that's Hollywood!. 20070226. Interpersonal relations Fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif) Fiction. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006046579-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006046579-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0705/2006046579-s.html Sample text