A stranger in the mirror by Sidney Sheldon

Author:Sidney Sheldon [Sheldon, Sidney]
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: General, Suspense, FICTION, Mystery, Mystery & Detective, Fiction - General, Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780446356572
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Warner Books, 2005, c1976.
Published: 2010-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

Toby flew in a top brain surgeon to operate on the injured boy and paid all the hospital bills. He said to the father, "If you ever mention this to anyone, you're out on your ass."

Work was the only thing that made Toby forget his loneliness, the only thing that brought him real joy. If a show went well, Toby was the most amusing companion in the world, but if the show went badly, he was a demon, attacking every target within reach of his savage wit. He was possessive. Once, during a story conference, he took Rainger's head between his two hands and announced to the room, "This is mine. It belongs to me." At the same time he grew to hate writers, because he needed them and he did not want to need anyone. So he treated them with contempt. On pay day, Toby made airplanes of the writer's paychecks and sailed them through the air. Writers would be fired for the smallest infraction. One day a writer walked in with a tan and Toby immediately had him discharged. "Why did you do that?" O'Hanlon asked. "He's one of our best writers." "If he was working," Toby said, "he wouldn't have had rime for a tan." A new writer brought in a joke about mothers and was let go. If a guest on his show got big laughs, Toby would exclaim, "You're great! I want you on this show every week." He would look over at the producer and say, "You hear me?" and the producer would know that the actor was never to appear on the show again. Toby was a mass of contradictions. He was jealous of the success of other comics, yet the following happened. One day as Toby was leaving his rehearsal stage, he passed the dressing room of an old-time comedy star, Vinnie Turkel, whose career had long since gone downhill. Vinnie had been hired to do his first dramatic part, in a live television play. He, hoped that it would mean a comeback for him. Now, as Toby looked into the dressing room, he saw Vinnie on the couch, drunk. The director of the show came by and said to Toby, "Let him be, Toby. He's finished."

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"What happened?" "Well, you know Vinnie's trademark has always been his high, quavery voice. We started rehearsing and every time Vinnie opened his mouth and tried to be serious, everyone began to laugh. It destroyed the old guy." "He was counting on this part, wasn't he?" Toby asked. The director shrugged. "Every actor counts on every part." Toby took Vinnie Turkel home with him and stayed with the old comedy star, sobering him up. "This is the best role you've ever had in your life. Are you gonna blow it?" Vinnie shook his head, miserable. "I've already blown it, Toby. I can't cut it." "Who says you can't?" Toby demanded. "You can play that part better than anyone in the world." The old man shook his head.

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