About the book: 2021 / The long-awaited literary debut of Quentin Tarantino is both sophisticated and brutal, hilariously funny and fraught with many surprises (sometimes frightening!) novel based on based on the events of the Oscar-winning film of the same name. RICK DALTON is once a television star, now rather faded: while starring in the roles of villains, Rick pours out his bitterness with portions 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 her dream of the big screen, and she succeeded. Sharon spends the best days of her life on Cielo Drive in the Hollywood Hills. 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: Too bad you weren't there.