50. William Goldman - Adventures in the Screen Trade
Simon Garfield, author of The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite and A Notable Woman, amongst others joins John and Andy on the Backlisted podcast to discuss William Goldman's groundbreaking account of his life as a Hollywood screenwriter.
Books Mentioned:
Tibor Fischer - Under the Frog
Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad
George Saunders - Lincoln in the Bardo
Andy Miller - The Year of Reading Dangerously
Simon Garfield - Timekeepers, A Notable Woman, The Wrestling, The Nation's Favourite
William Goldman - Adventures in the Screen Trade, Which Lie Did I Tell?, The Princess Bride
Penny Pepper - First in the World Somewhere
Julia Phillips - You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again
Jake Eberts - My Indecision is Final
Steven Bach - Final Cut
Rob Long - Conversations with My Agent (and Set-Up Joke Set-Up Joke)
Russel T Davis - The Writer's Story
Peter Biskind - Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
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