What Makes Sammy Run?

Name: What Makes Sammy Run?
Author: Budd Schulberg

by Budd Schulberg

Novel of a ruthless hustler's climb to success in Hollywood and his moral decay

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Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg was the son of a Hollywood mogul who turned on the industry with his savage novel What Makes Sammy Run? and wrote the screenplay for On the Waterfront. His work exposed the corruption beneath American success mythology.

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