SCHULBERG, Budd.
What Makes Sammy Run?
New York: Random House , 1941.
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"It was a terrifying and wonderful document, the record of where Sammy ran, and if you looked behind the picture, and between the lines you might even discover what made him run": First Edition of What Makes Sammy Run; Lengthily Inscribed by Budd Schulberg
First edition. Octavo, original cloth. Lengthily inscribed and dated by the author who has added the last lines of this classic novel as follows, "It was a terrifying and wonderful document, the record of where Sammy ran, and if you looked behind the picture, and between the lines you might even discover what made him run, Budd Schulberg." Fine in a near fine jacket with some professional restoration. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. A wonderful inscription.
What Makes Sammy Run?, published in 1941, is narrated by Al Manheim, a New York newspaper columnist who eventually ends up in Hollywood trying to write movies. He first meets Sammy -- the infamous Sammy Glick -- when the young man shows up at his newspaper as a copy boy. Al follows Sammy's meteoric rise, which is fueled by his unstoppable ambition as well as the kind of manipulative behavior that takes Al's breath away. Al is a nice guy, as even Sammy recognizes, and we all know what happens to them; Sammy, on the other hand, is always focused on knowing the right guy to schmooze, the right gossip columnist to tip and the right shoes to wear to get ahead.
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