Description
Description
Hollywood, the American film industry, is one of the most lucrative and competitive businesses in the world. It's where dreams become real, men act like gods, and heroes turn into monsters... both on the screen and off.
JACOB IS CALIFORNIA DREAMIN'
Insulted by his family and emotionally neglected by his friends, Jacob Andrezj ends his Junior Year at Boston's prestigious Whitman University more determined than ever to become Hollywood's next great auteur. But when a chance encounter with an older man turns unexpectedly personal, Jacob's calculated plans go awry as he reevaluates who he is and what he really wants from life.
WHALE'S NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE
Gentle LA neophyte Whale has put all his eggs in one basket with his dream internship working for an Oscar-winning producer. After a disastrous first day nearly disqualifies him from winning the job, Whale finds himself fighting uphill to keep his future career alive, learning firsthand how backwards and immoral the shimmering City of Angels really is.
DREW COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER
Executive producer Drew Lawrence is a household name worth billions in the box office. He's also a coke addicted alcoholic nymphomaniac with out of control anger issues and a crippling insecurity complex. Desperate to salvage what's left of his life, Drew decides to distance himself from his lucrative brand of derivative blockbusters and reestablish his artistic reputation before it's all too late, even if it means turning his longtime business partner into a vengeful adversary.
Intercutting three seemingly unrelated stories using both prose and screenplay format, ANDREZJ OF HOLLYWOOD is a postmodern epic with complicated characters, heart-wrenching pathos, and one bonkers plot twist after another, a deconstruction of masculinity, success, and fiction itself that explores themes of dysfunctional relationships, fate versus free will, the relevance of tradition in an increasingly atheistic world, the sharp difference between reality and the lies we tell ourselves, and the dangers of pack mentality.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"Andrezj of Hollywood's prose feels fitting with late-century American classics by authors like Charles Bukowski or Hunter S. Thompson. But it is a tale that feels wholly its own too... I am a massive cinephile and pop culture aficionado, and Andrezj of Hollywood reads like a dream novel to me, ticking all the boxes of a great epic story set in the magical land of Hollywood." - Akram Herrak, Independent Book Review
"I'm kind of at a loss for words. This book is incredible. I've never critiqued a novel so complex, so complete, so perfectly experimental. It satisfies on so many levels. Suspenseful, twisty, mysterious, poignant, heartbreaking... [Andrezj of Hollywood] is packed with movie references, cultural references, industry knowledge that feels shockingly authentic, meaning it's a look inside the industry no one ever gets, probably the most honest and revealing look I've ever experienced. There are times when things are so brutal and awful I can hardly stand it, and yet I can't look away because it's just so real. During those parts, I felt icky in a way nothing else has ever made me feel besides maybe Anomalisa. But the book is balanced. Sometimes it feels like a rom-com. Sometimes it feels like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Sometimes it feels like Todd Field's Tár. I could just keep listing movies, many of them the ones [Schulze] reference[s] in the book. And yet this is one of the most unique books I've ever read." - Tory Hunter, Tory Hunter Books
"Rich, philosophical, and engaging, Andrezj of Hollywood weighs the cost of compromising to pursue one's dreams." - Willem Marx, Foreword Clarion Review
"With [Andrezj's] length come a range of styles and tapestry of tones... also allow[ing] for intriguingly nuanced characters, and as the characters' stories grow more complex, readers will find themselves consistently curious as to how the next scene will develop. Will Drew run himself ragged or find a path of reform? Will Jacob and Stewie make things work even when the latter reveals a secret?" - Kirkus Review
"The author had a unique and creative writing style to explain this complex story. The story was emotionally charged and refreshingly informative... I especially liked the unexpected twists, which made me feel I was on a fun but uncontrollable roller coaster." - Joan, Goodreads Reviewer
"Andrezj takes the key themes of [The Sins of Jack] Branson and expands upon them, going deeper as well as darker. As I wrote in my review for Branson, that book has a repeating question: what are you willing to risk in order to achieve your goals of a better life? Andrezj asks a far more brutal and frightening question or version of the Branson question: how low are you willing to go? What moral boundaries are you willing to cross and who are you willing to harm?" - Nick, Goodreads Reviewer
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