Aghast at American cinema's descent into boundary-pushing violence, famed Hollywood director J. Edgar Schnatz decides to move in the opposite direction-a celebration of sexuality. But making the world's first mainstream adult film comes with its own unique set of challenges, from finding a willing cast and sufficient financing to getting that all-important NC-17 rating.
Hot Scenes is a darkly comic satire in the tradition of Kurt Vonnegut and Hunter S. Thompson, a novel about art, censorship, and the particular kind of chaos that follows when someone in Hollywood actually means what they say. J. Edgar Schnatz says what he thinks and means what he says. That is the problem.
Funny, provocative, and bracingly honest about how a renegade director handles the entertainment industry's complicated relationship with what it will and will not put on screen, Hot Scenes is a novel for readers who believe that the most subversive thing a storyteller can do is tell the truth with a straight face.
If you enjoy Hot Scenes, also try Miles of Files, the darkly comic whistleblower thriller that readers have called riveting, fascinating, and hilarious.
