Make Nice
my first novel
From left: Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and
Joey Bishop,
performing the famous "Summit" show at the Sands, February, 1960.
I have finished the manuscript of my first completed novel. Titled Make Nice,
the book is a comic look at how politics, Hollywood and the Mafia all came together in 1960 in the
person of Frank Sinatra and his "Rat Pack" cronies. I worked on the book for more than five years,
and finished it in July 2003. The book is currently making the rounds of publishers. You can read a chapter
from the middle of the book, or read my entire
notes (1.1 MB PDF file) on the writing of the novel.
last updated 20 Jul 05
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