Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited literary debut is both sophisticated and brutal, hilariously funny and fraught with 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 pretty faded: starring in roles villains, Rick pours out 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 infamous person on any set because he's the only one who got away with murder... SHARON TATE - She ran away from Texas to live a dream about the big screen, and she succeeded. Sharon spends the best days of her life on Cielo Drive in the hills of Hollywood. CHARLES MANSON is an ex-con who has gathered around him a gang of extinguished hippies who consider him their spiritual leader - but he himself would give anything to become a rock star. Hollywood 1969: it's a pity you weren't there.