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Archives for December 2013

What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg

Sunday, December 8, 2013 By Dan 1 Comment

My favourite description of someone writing under the influence doesn’t come from Hemingway, Bukowski or any of the usual suspects – instead, it’s from the fourth page of What Makes Sammy Run? by Budd Schulberg. Published in 1941, this satire of success revolves around Sammy Glick, an insatiably ambitious copyboy who rapidly becomes a Hollywood mogul due to sheer … [Read more...]

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