Product Description

"Buzzkill is a Hollywood `who done it' with sharp satire and hard laughs written by the man who taught me the fake news game - Rob Fox" Stephen Colbert

"Buzzkill is more than just a fast, funny and quirky mystery, it's a dead on satire of the entertainment industry. Rob Fox, through his cast of movers, shakers, perverts and cast-offs, gives us ironic insight into why the system produces so little that is entertaining." Comedian Lewis Black

Hollywood producer, Stu Mahr, is in trouble. His last three films tanked at the box-office and now the star of a Saturday morning children's show has turned up dead at his house amid a wild party filled with drugs and high-priced call girls. And Stu is the prime suspect. If his career is to survive, he must clear himself before the studio cancels his latest film. Zack Donnelly just lost out on a part on a TV show as "the burnt-out-cop-with-a-drinking-problem." It was a part he thought he was a shoe-in for, considering he spent the last ten years as a real-life burnt-out cop with a drinking problem. So when he gets a call from Stu Mahr offering a movie role, Zack jumps at the chance. The only catch is he has to get the producer off the hook for murder first. The only problem is that Zack thinks Stu is guilty as hell. Zack enlists the help of his halfway housemate, Snip, a former biker with "confrontation issues" and together they follow the trail of a killer from the mansions of Bel Air to the strip clubs of North Hollywood. After run-ins with a violent Beverly Hills shampoo boy, a hitman out to make a nickname for himself and a community watch made up of transvestite prostitutes, Zack and Snip find themselves in a place where the big business of Hollywood movies collides with the bigger business of X-rated Adult movies.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #460236 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-27
• Released on: 2007-09-27
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 268 pages

About the Author
Rob Fox is successful television director and producer. Mr. Fox's directing credits include the first seasons of MTV's "Real World" and "The Osbournes" among others. As a producer, he helped create Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" and NBC's "Last Comic Standing." Mr. Fox currently lives in Valley Village, Ca. with his wife, actress Beth Littleford, and their young son Jackson.

Customer Reviews

A real LA Story
Great read. Fox has a feel for the sound and the rythmn of Hollywood. The book moves along at brisk pace and provides generous amounts satire. It's Hiaasen meets Hunter S. Thompson. Hilarious.

Buzzkill
It's a rare author who can take the faux sincerity of Hollywood and turn it into a real thrilling page turner. Rob Fox is such an author. Pick up Buzzkill -- you won't be sorry.

Killer read
Buzzkill had me on the floor. Rob Fox has a scalpel-sharp satirical wit that dissects all the subcultures of LA and entertainment industry. The dialog crackles,the twists are plentiful and the characters are so quirky and memorable that I wanted to have lunch with many of them at Canter's. A great read.