The
Non-Pro
By Adam Novak
In the spirit of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty and the HBO series Entourage, Adam Novak’s crime novel, The Non-Pro, skewers the Hollywood scene like a picador to a bull. When movie industry insider Jerry Makos dies under mysterious circumstances, his brother Josh seeks the killer while trying not to get sucked into the abyss of the movie industry. Who would want his brother dead? That was the problem. . .the list of social climbers and celebrity parasites seemed to be endless. Just when it seems like Josh will never find the killer, the planets align for a perfect third
act. Adam Novak is a 15 year veteran of the William Morris Agency. He
has worked with some of the biggest names in
Hollywood. Novak was named by FADE IN: magazine as one of the “Top 100 People You Need to Know” in Hollywood.
The Non-Pro is his first novel. •
“Told
in Hollywood speak and quick takes, this is a fast
read that will thrill those who love insider peaks
into the movie industry.”—Library
Journal "A
gripping thriller about the dark side of fame and
fortune, The Non-Pro is highly recommended for
community library thriller and mystery
collections."—Midwest Book Review
“Don't limit this frightening and
also funny book by calling it a Hollywood novel.
Murder mystery, business novel, coming of age story;
Adam Novak has a merciless eye for a society in which
striving replaces every consideration of morality.
Expect to hear more from him.”—Michael Tolkin,
The Player “Adam Novak bites
the hand that feeds him, chews it up, and spits it
out. Long one of Hollywood's best-kept secrets, Novak
blows his own cover by putting his name on this one.
The ghost of F. Scott Fitzgerald nods in approval.
Follow him if you dare, into the dark and savage heart
of the movie business; all you have to lose are your
illusions.”—Lem Dobbs, The Limey “It's brilliant. And the greatest thing in it is the most important thing in any great novel: the sentences.”
—Henry Bean, Internal Affairs, The
Believer “Opening any page and fastening onto a sentence is like touching a live wire. Novak’s prose, alive with concentrated energy, casually spinning off epigrams, announces a new voice and a large
talent.”—Brian O’Doherty, The Deposition of Father
McGreevey, short-listed for the 2000 Booker Prize
“Alive
with talent!”—R.M. Koster, The
Prince, nominated for National Book Award
Trade Paper:
ISBN: 1-930486-75-8
$15.95
eBook:
ISBN: 1-930486-76-6
$5.99
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