A brilliant, dead-on debut about what it takes to make it in today's Hollywood. On Spec follows the paths of six Hollywood hopefuls--a screenwriter, an agent, a development girl, an actress, a studio chef, and an aspiring producer--as they experience the pitfalls and payouts of life on the hollwood fast track. More than just a novel about the entertainment industry, On Spec is a parody of modern life, where winner takes all and the losers are tossed to the wayside without a second thought.
"The action genre--and everything else about Hollywood--is sent up in On Spec, a comic gem told Rashomon style in the words os six highly unreliable narrators: a screenwriter, a development girl, an agent, a starlet, an aspiring producer, and a studeio chief."
Detour Magazine
"The Alice-in-Wonderland world of Hollywood is dissected with sardonic wit in Rushfield's delightful first novel."
Booklist
"Observe the cosmeticall altered, coke-addicted actress; the faux-homeboy producer; the ass-kissing agent; and the dorky, skill-living-with-the-rents screenwriter as they speed-dial and sleep their way through the making of Kennel Break, a 'Tarantino meets Turner and Hooch' blockbuster-to-be. Deliciously brutal."
