The classic book that shaped two generations' view of the movie business
and introduced the archetypal Hollywood player Sammy Glick. He's got a
machete mouth and a genius for double-cross. As Budd Shulberg--author of
the screenplay On the Waterfront--follows Sammy's relentless upward
progress, he creates a virtuoso study in character that manages to be
hilariously appalling yet deeply compassionate.
"Sammy Glick remains at the top of the Hollywood sleaze heap, a hustler
nonpareil.... What Makes Sammy Run? Is still the quintessential novel
about "the all-American heel.'" - Moredcai Richler, GQ