The long-awaited literary debut of Quentin Tarantino – simultaneously sophisticated and brutal, hilariously funny and full of many surprises (sometimes frightening!) – a novel based on the events of the Oscar-winning film of the same name. RICK DALTON – once a television star, now somewhat faded: playing villains, Rick drowns his bitterness with shots of whiskey sour. Will a phone call from Rome save him, or will things get worse? CLIFF BOOTH – Rick's stunt double and the most notorious person on any film set, because he is the only one who got away with murder... SHARON TATE – she fled Texas to make her dream of the big screen come true, and she succeeded. Sharon spends the best days of her life on Cielo Drive in the Hollywood Hills. CHARLES MANSON – a former convict who gathered a gang of wasted hippies around him, who see him as their spiritual leader – but he would give everything to become a rock star. Hollywood in 1969: sadly, you weren’t there.