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The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood,New
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A crazy American epic NewsweekComplex, contentious, and blessed with the perfectpitch ability to find the next big talent, David Geffen has shaped American popular culture and transformed the way Hollywood does business. His dazzling career has included the roles of power agent, recordindustry mogul, Broadway producer, and billionaire Hollywood studio founderbut from the beginning his accomplishments have been shadowed by the ruthlessness with which he has pursued fame, money, and power. With The Operator, Tom Kingwho interviewed Geffen for the book and had unimpeded access to his circle of intimatespresents a mesmerizing chronicle of Geffens meteoric rise from the mailroom at William Morris, as well as a captivating tour of thirty sizzling years of Hollywood history. Drawing on the recollections of celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Yoko Ono, Warren Beatty, Courtney Love, Paul Simon, and even Cher (whom Geffen nearly married), The Operator transports readers to a world that is as ruthless as it is dazzling, revealing a great American story about success and the bargains made for it.A detailed portrait of Hollywoods premier manipulatorThe Operator is as much a composite portrait of the New Hollywood as it is of the fiftysevenyearold partner in DreamWorks SKG. San Francisco ChronicleIlluminating...[The Operator] shows how raging ambition and chutzpah are as much valued as talentor more soin determining success. Philadelphia Inquirer
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