Writer Stuart Hogue, recently basking in the glory of the resounding success of his debut novel, is experiencing creative stagnation. The fees dried up, friends fled, and only the capricious dog Lulu and professional pride remained. But fate prepares a new test for Stuart when the aging comedian Sunny Day, the former king of screwball comedy, invites him to become... a literary slave! Having stepped on his own throat, Hogue agrees to write his memoirs for Sunny and plunges headlong into the world of Hollywood of the 1940s and 50s with its glitz, easy money and no less crazy lifestyle. However, someone really doesn’t want the memoirs to see the light of day, and is diligently intimidating Stewart and Day. Trying to get to the bottom of the truth, Stewart unwittingly finds himself in the very center of a dangerous intrigue that could cost him his life...