Lefcourt's dark, Chayefsky-esque satire finds a struggling Hollywood producer (Charlie Berns from his earlier novel "The Deal") trying to revive his career with a reality television series about a Central Asian warlord.
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Kirkus Reviews
Outrageously funny, deftly narrated, but spun out for too many pages, tripping up on its own tangled plot. [15 Dec 2005, p.1158]
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Los Angeles Times Susan Salter Reynolds
It is a howler. [20 Feb 2005, p.R7]
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Publishers Weekly
The heady, winning blend of sly satire and fast-paced storytelling makes for serious fun as Lefcourt deftly skewers one character after another. [31 Jan 2005, p.51]
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Salon Stephanie Zacharek
Lefcourt is a master at keeping increasingly insane plots aloft, and "The Manhattan Beach Project" is no exception, even if some of the story details are enough to make your head spin.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Janet Maslin
''The Manhattan Beach Project'' is one of his best and funniest, with a keen grasp of how television operates.
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Favorable
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The New York Times Book Review Henry Alford
I dug the larky sense of fun in these early scenes, but what Lefcourt really excels at is comic escalation.
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Wall Street Journal Joanne Kaufman
Mr. Lefcourt has his finger on Hollywood's fluttery pulse, and, come to think of it, on Uzbekistan's as well.
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