I've seen the film version of "The Oscar" on TV a few times, and I enjoyed it - especially the way Stephen Boyd "chewed up the scenery" as the ruthlessly ambitious actor, Frankie Fane. So when I came across a copy of Richard Sale's original novel, I jumped at the chance to buy and read it. For a paperback that's almost 50 years old, the copy I got was in amazingly good condition - it even had a mail-order postcard for some product or service still bound into its spine in the middle of the book (no; I don't plan on trying to pull it out - I might ruin the book).
The novel itself's a good read - Frankie Fane is every bit ambitious as his movie counterpart, only the novel goes into greater detail on how he goes about campaigning for the Oscar. But he's a little less vicious in the book than he is in the film. I won't spoil it by revealing how; just buy a copy of this book and read it for yourself if you're curious.
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