The Mailroom
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The Mailroom by David Rensin
It's like a plot from a Hollywood potboiler: start out in the mailroom, end up a mogul. But for many, it happens to be true. Some of the biggest names in entertainment--including David Geffen, Barry Diller, and Michael Ovitz-- started their dazzling careers in the lowly mailroom. Based on more than two hundred interviews, David Rensin unfolds the never-before-told history of an American institution--in the voices of the people who lived it. Through nearly seven decades of glamour and humiliation, lousy pay and incredible perks, killer egos and a kill-or-be-killed ethos, you'll go where the trainees go, learn what they must do to get ahead, and hear the best insider stories from the Hollywood everyone knows about but no one really knows. A vibrant tapestry of dreams, desire, and exploitation, The Mailroom is not only an engrossing read but a crash course, taught by the experts, on how to succeed in Hollywood.David Rensin is the coauthor of Where Did I Go Right, a book by show business titan Bernie Brillstein, as well as Devil At My Heels, a World War Two survival epic by Olympian Louis Zamperini and Yanni: In Words, a memoir by composer/performer Yanni. Rensin also collaborated on Tim Allen's #1 book Don't Stand Too Near to a Naked Man and Allen's follow-up, I'm Not Actually Here. He's collaborated on best-selling books with Chris Rock, Jeff Foxworthy, and Garry Shandling, and co-authored The Bob Book, a breakthrough funny sociology of guys named Bob. With his wife and son, he lives in Los Angeles.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780345442352 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345442350 |
| Title | The Mailroom |
| Author | David Rensin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2004-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 464 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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