Stefano Boscutti

Nothing succeeds like excess.

Outrageous Hollywood super producer Don Simpson wants to do something good with his life. But all the hookers and drug dealers and movie stars just keep getting in the way. Simpson teamed with Jerry Bruckheimer to create the high concept blockbuster that changed the business for ever. Now he wants to change himself.

"BOSCUTTI'S DON SIMPSON" is a wild Hollywood novel. It's based on an award-winning screenplay. It's a brilliant, freewheeling look at a life in free fall.

Will the notorious Simpson overcome his demons and finally make a film he is proud of?

'Like Elvis, Don Simpson died in the bathroom for our sins.' Lynda Obst

'Don Simpson symbolized the kind of extravagant, excessive, larger-than-life figure who is drawn to Hollywood, one whose personal demons grow hand in hand with successes and personal fortunes.' New York Times

'The average Hollywood tycoon prefers to be discreet about such plunder. But Don Simpson was an animal, and the suave masters in silk suits were tickled that he was so naked, so acting out with it.' The Independent

'Simpson's uneven temperament inspired fear in underlings and awe among some of the biggest names in Hollywood.' Los Angeles Times

'Blistering fuel-injected no-holes-barred look at everything that went wrong with Hollywood.' Patricia Walden

'Part lurid celebrity potboiler, part industry insider and seldom less than engrossing.' Dan Suraci

'Blackly hilarious, beautifully written novel that blends fact into a new form of fiction.' Mike Fabus

'Boscutti has found a character and a narrative mode that exploits all his strengths.' Tom Rabins

'Enthralling, terrifying and grimly compelling portrait of a true Hollywood psychopath.' Stephen Harris

'Fascinating imagining of the hellish battles Simpson fought with himself and everyone around him.' Lisa Timmermann

'Ambitious, complex and powerful novel with a narrative intensity that sears the soul.' Robert Ferguson

'Outrageously imaginative, compulsively readable tour de force you'll be hard pressed to put down from.' Catherine Eversly

'Remarkable and rhapsodic novel about the life of movie mogul spinning out of control.' Eric Shannon

'Overwhelmingly vivid and powerful rendering of a man who outlived his own myth.' Kim Stenson

'Charged and thrilling experience that will leave you breathless with anticipation.' Philip Galloway

Based on an award-winning screenplay. Includes Bonus Author's Note, Author's Interview and Opening Pages of Stefano Boscutti's Next Novel.

STEFANO BOSCUTTI is an independent writer and director. He loves stories about true life mavericks who's wild ambition leads them to soar too close to the sun. Way too close. Boscutti's stories are usually laced with humor and a slap of irony. He likes to write (and read) fast. Real fast. He once won a junior high school swimming race. But that's about the extent of his sporting prowess.