A way of life, like any other

This novel is a thinly disguised look at Darcy O'Brien's childhood growing up in Hollywood as the son of movie stars George O'Brien and Marguerite Churchill.

It provides a unique perspective on life in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s, blending elements of fiction and autobiography.

The book won the Ernest Hemingway Award for best first novel in 1978 and has been reissued by New York Review Books in 2001.