In a 1970 novel, an ex-employee of this industry hitches a ride to an abortion clinic from a "man in white duck pants" who babbles about his Cadillac the whole trip.
In a 1970 novel, an ex-employee of this industry hitches a ride to an abortion clinic from a "man in white duck pants" who babbles about his Cadillac the whole trip. In a novel arranged for publication by the author's friend Edmund Wilson, a man experiences a mid-flight change of heart about his decision to murder his rival in this industry, but never gets a chance to call off the hitmen, because the plane crashes and he dies. After losing his job in this industry, Dennis Barlow works at the (*) Happier Hunting Ground, a funeral service for pets, in Evelyn Waugh's novel The Loved One. In a novel about this industry, the fake cowboy Earle Shoop and the dwarf Abe Kusich sleep with Faye Greener, who enthralls an artist struggling to paint "The Burning of Los Angeles." For 10 points, name this industry satirized by Nathanael West in The Day of the Locust and romanticized in F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel The Last Tycoon.
In a 1970 novel, an ex-employee of this industry hitches a ride to an abortion clinic from a "man in white duck pants" who babbles about his Cadillac the whole trip.
Hollywood [or the film industry; or movie industry; or acting industry; the first novel is Joan Didion’s Play It As It Lays]