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Title: Hollywood Unmasked!
Review: It's a no-holds-barred battle of the egos in Jan Merlin's excellent book SHOOTING MONTEZUMA. Loosely based on Merlin's experience in a `vaguely similar enterprise' the book tells the tale of young actor Kurt Mitchell, who mortgages his future for the chance to work alongside a number of Hollywood legends. Too late Mitchell discovers just how painful (in more ways than one) that experience will be.Surrounded by the celebrity elite, our hero finds solace in his surroundings (beautifully articulated by Merlin) and a handful of noble working-class chums. But like the spoiled children they are, the film's `stars' continually demand center stage and in doing show shine a spotlight on their pathetic and immoral behavior.At times amusing, at other times disturbing, Montezuma is always interesting. Another recommended book from a novelist who remains one of fiction's best kept secrets.
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