Description A story of madness, art, alcohol and creativity.
elegantly translated.
-- New York Times An exasperated writer obsessed with American cinema embarks on an increasingly bizarre journey in this heady, engrossing novel.
A man writes an enormous screenplay on the life of Herman Melville.
Not a single producer is interested in it.
One day, someone gives him the phone number of the great American filmmaker Michael Cimino, legendary director o.