{"product_id":"hollywood-riptide-9781771802307","title":"Hollywood Riptide","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Sciuto\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Iguana Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Iguana Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Coming of Age\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seismic shift in Hollywood's power structure occurred during the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGone were the moguls and founding fathers of the motion picture industry -- Jack L. Warner, Louis B. Mayer, Carl Laemmle, Samuel Goldwyn, and Darryl Zanuck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe studios were being taken over by technological giants such as Sony and Panasonic, and the new owners turned to lawyers and talent agents to run their newly obtained properties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1982, an aspiring young screenwriter, Nick Caggiano, moves from the Bronx to Los Angeles, hoping to find work in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a famous bar and restaurant on the Sunset Strip one night, he encounters a wealthy young woman named Nicole. What transpires between them creates a riptide of greed, corruption, and perversion that drags Nick through the underbelly of the Hollywood establishment, upending his life and challenging his moral fabric and his sense of self.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Iguana Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45129138438295,"sku":"9781771802307","price":1687.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781771802307.webp?v=1767101777","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hollywood-riptide-9781771802307","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}