Tolkin, Michael

Nine by Rob Marshall( Visual )

46 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 1,678 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. Ten days away from the start of principal filming of his latest movie--ambitiously titled "Italia"--he has no idea for the movie at all. Escaping all the pressure at a seaside resort, he thinks about the women who have shaped his life: Mamma, judgmental but affectionate; Luisa, cherished yet under appreciated wife; Claudia, actress/muse of the picture; Carla, his flashy, passionate mistress; longtime costumer Lilli; bubbly American journalist Stephanie, and Saraghina, the salacious, witchy temptress of his childhood memories

The player by Robert Altman( Visual )

90 editions published between 1992 and 2016 in 6 languages and held by 1,456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"I was just thinking what an interesting concept it is to eliminate the writer from the artistic process. If we could just get rid of these actors and directors, maybe we've got something here."--Griffin Mill. Griffin is a slick, successful film studio vice president whose primary duty is to listen to story pitches from a constant stream of writers. Like all Hollywood producers, he's always looking over his shoulder, and he thinks up-and-comer Larry Levy is after his job. Along with power lunches, corporate in-fighting, and bottom-line priorities, a mysterious someone--probably an ignored and angry screenwriter--has been leaving him threatening postcards. When he finally takes action, his cool aplomb deserts him, things go seriously sideways, and Griffin's world begins falling apart

Changing lanes by Roger Michell( Visual )

25 editions published between 2002 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 1,408 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gavin Banek is an attorney in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with Doyle Gipson, an alcoholic insurance salesman. Doyle is also in a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children. Gavin leaves the scene of the accident and strands Doyle, causing him to miss his custody hearing. During the process of the post-crash discussion, Gavin accidentally drops the papers he needs to present in court. The judge gives him until the end of the day to present the papers and thus begins a cat and mouse game between both men. After a few questionable actions by both men, they finally start questioning their actions and their lives. In the end, both come to a new understanding of what is important and appear to be set in new ethical and moral directions

The player : a novel by Michael Tolkin( Book )

56 editions published between 1988 and 2015 in 11 languages and held by 828 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A senior vice president of production at a major Hollywood studio receives a death threat from a rejected writer, plunging him into a nightmare that threatens both his life, his job, and the woman he loves in this devastating portrait of contemporary Hollywood

Deep impact by Mimi Leder( Visual )

48 editions published between 1998 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 799 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The countdown to doomsday is underway when it is discovered that an enormous comet will collide with Earth

Among the dead by Michael Tolkin( Book )

28 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 692 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Frank Gale is sick of cheating on his wife, Anna, and he wants to tell her the truth, but in the right way. Everything looks better when he decides to take her and their daughter on a sudden trip to Mexico, where he can give Anna the carefully crafted letter that details the nature of his affair. One mistake: He's late meeting them at the airport. He misses the plane; he'll have to take the next flight: and then everything changes. In his first novel, the highly acclaimed The Player, Michael Tolkin explored the emotional geography of Griffin Mill, the Hollywood executive who literally gets away with murder. Now, in Among the Dead, the stakes are raised: What if the executive had a conscience? For Frank, there will be no escaping the consequences. A novel that begins as a domestic drama opens into a nightmare picture of the modern age. Among the Dead is a penetrating, unsettling, and brilliantly written catalog of the truths that lie just beyond the reach of language; a diabolic, blackly comic illumination of the darker corners of the human mind

NK3 by Michael Tolkin( Book )

14 editions published between 2017 and 2018 in English and Undetermined and held by 642 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"With The Player and The Return of the Player, Michael Tolkin established himself as the master novelist of modern Hollywood. In his new novel, NK3, the H LYW OD sign presides over a Los Angeles devastated by a weaponized microbe that has been accidentally spread around the globe, deleting human identity. In post-NK3 Los Angeles, a sixty-foot-tall fence surrounds the hills where the rich used to live, but the mansions have been taken over by those with the only power that matters: the power of memory. Life for the community inside the Fence, ruled over by the new aristocracy, the Verified, is a perpetual party. Outside the Fence, in downtown Los Angeles, the Verified use an invented mythology to keep control over the mindless and nameless Drifters, Shamblers, and Bottle Bangers who serve the gift economy until no longer needed. The ruler, Chief, takes his guidance from gigantic effigies of a man and a woman in the heart of the Fence. They warn him of trouble to come, but who is the person to watch: the elusive Eckmann, holed up with the last functioning plane at LAX; Shannon Squier, the chisel-wielding pop superstar from the pre-NK3 world, pulled from the shambling masses; a treacherous member of Chief's inner circle; or Hopper, the uncommon Drifter compelled by an inner voice to search for a wife whose name and face he doesn't know? Each threatens to upset the delicate power balance in this fragile world. In deliciously dark prose, Tolkin winds a noose-like plot around this melee of despots, prophets, and rebels as they struggle for command and survival in a town that still manages to exert a magnetic force, even as a ruined husk"--

The return of the player by Michael Tolkin( Book )

17 editions published between 2006 and 2011 in English and Polish and held by 570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Film executive Griffin Mill hopes to convince fabulously wealthy Phil Ginsberg to become his partner, while Griffin's personal and professional lives begin to fall apart, forcing him to consider murder as an option

Deep cover by Bill Duke( Visual )

7 editions published between 1992 and 2017 in English and held by 393 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An undercover cop gets so deep in his assumed identity that he starts to act like the criminals he's trying to capture

Under radar by Michael Tolkin( Book )

10 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and Dutch and held by 383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tom Levy's vacation in Jamaica turns deadly when he kills a man who tricked Tom's daughter into a vulgar act