Genius Jack

By Thomas Wiseman

For Jack Strawley, success came easy. From the start he was "Genius Jack," cinema's new golden boy. Even blessed with a beautiful wife, brilliant assistants, and an uncompromising flair for film making, the "genius" tag prove to be a burden. Women, pills and drink begin to take their toll and cracks appear in his fragile psyche.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714530417
• ISBN13: 9780714530413
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

This is a gem of a novel by an accomplished novelist.

Beautifully written, the book grips you from the first page and leaves you wishing for more when you reach the last page. I don't remember reading a more complex and intricate account of the world of theater and film -- fiction or non-fiction -- than this book. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any serious reader. Robert Littell