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Feb 2, 2000 · Peter Craig is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he wrote The Martini Shot, his debut novel. The son of actress Sally Fields, he grew up with a unique access to Hollywood culture and society. His work has been published in The Greensboro Review, The Crescent Review, and the Writers' Forum. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Sep 2, 1998 · Craig's first novel, The Martini Shot, published in 1998, chronicles has-been action film star Charlie West's troubled relationship with his two children. His second novel, Hot Plastic, published in 2004, portrays the complex relationship between credit card con artist Jerry Swift and his genius son, both of whom are attracted to the same woman.
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A lively but disappointing parody of Hollywood life and its family values, Craig’s first novel pits an over-the-hill alcoholic action-hero against his illegitimate teenaged son, who’s come from the hinterland to claim his birthright. Charlie West’s career may be headed south, but he still carries on as if all L.A. were at his feet. Just behind the bluster, however, lurk insecurity and ...
A young man arrives in Los Angeles to meet the father he never knew, an aging, alcoholic movie actor. But rather than barge in, Matt Ravendahl contacts his...
The novel's rollicking conclusion, a road trip that is part Beat generation, part National Enquirer, will leave readers cheering for more."The martini shot" is film slang for the wrap shot in a movie, the signal to strike the set and celebrate with a stiff drink. But aging action film star Charlie West doesn't need an occasion -- the empty ...
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Peter Craig. William Morrow & Company, $22 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-688-15658-9 In movie talk, ""the martini shot"" is the last take before the film wraps and the set is struck.
