{"product_id":"p-r-hank-fredo-9798231539352","title":"P \u0026 R","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Peter Peppard and Ronald Ragvald, two screenwriters on the ragged edge of sanity, life in the Hollywood Hills is a delicate balance of cynicism, cheap whiskey, and a friendship forged over two decades of shared contempt for the industry that pays their bills. Peppard is a hyperactive pulp novelist who never sleeps; Ragvald is a zen-mechanic and language genius who would rather be rebuilding a vintage motorcycle than fixing another terrible script. They are outsiders in a town built on artifice, happily allergic to the trends, phonies, and vapid executives that surround them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir chaotic but stable existence is shattered when the studio decides Peppard's gritty L.A. noir masterpiece needs a small tweak: it's now set in Nebraska. As Peppard wages a one-man war against the soul-crushing machinery of Hollywood, their home is invaded by an unexpected refugee from a new-age wellness cult, forcing the two friends to become the one thing they've only ever written about: private investigators.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrust into a real-life conspiracy of missing gurus and sun-bleached secrets, Peppard and Ragvald must navigate a two-front war-one against the soulless executives trying to ruin Peppard's story, and another against a charismatic con man who has destroyed a life. In a city of beautiful lies, can two cynical burnouts find a single, ugly truth worth fighting for?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hank Fredo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798231539352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.52d","brand":"Hank Fredo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664510521599,"sku":"9798231539352","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dd20c4f2-2d32-4d77-b58d-02d56d274bd7.jpg?v=1792007873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/p-r-hank-fredo-9798231539352","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}