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Article: $leazemeister After making a fortune writing steamy screenplays, Joe Eszterhas hits the best-seller list with a book about the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal.(Suburban Living)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- August 17, 2000
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If Americans love an underdog, then we ought to really appreciate the story of this grizzled, bearded man.
Born on a bed of straw in rural Hungary in the winter of 1944, he grew up in Austrian refugee camps. There, he saw people so despondent that they committed suicide by laying down on railroad tracks in front of oncoming trains.
When he was 6, his parents finally made it to the holy land of the United States, where they settled in Cleveland.
The young boy was frail and delicate. His shabby clothes and Hungarian accent led to constant beatings in grade school. He became a recluse and spent all of his time reading.
In college, he grew ...
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Transcript: Interview: Joe Eszterhas discusses his new book, ...
NPR Special;
February 10, 2004 ;
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... ... Special 02-10-2004 Interview: Joe Eszterhas discusses his new book, "Hollywood ... our baser instincts. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas tapped into those for a while and made ... battle with throat cancer, screenwriter Joe Eszterhas was the man much of Hollywood loved ...
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