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Mickey King:
[voiceover]
My full name is Chester Thomas King, although most people call me Mickey, for reasons I won't go into. You may have read some of my early works - not that you'd know them. My publisher didn't see "Chester Thomas King" as the name of a best-selling author. He preferred such authors as "Guy Strange," "Gary Rough," "Dan Wild," and "Les Behan". I was all those, and others. Mickey King:
[voiceover continues]
I was co-authors "Susan Eager" and "Paul S. Cumming," the newly-discovered Indian writer, "Dr. O. R. Gann" - spelled with two "n"s - and the struggling Nigerian writer, "S. Odomi" - with the emphasis on the "O". Mickey King:
[voiceover continues]
None of them exactly made Book of the Month club
[voiceover]
My full name is Chester Thomas King, although most people call me Mickey, for reasons I won't go into. You may have read some of my early works - not that you'd know them. My publisher didn't see "Chester Thomas King" as the name of a best-selling author. He preferred such authors as "Guy Strange," "Gary Rough," "Dan Wild," and "Les Behan". I was all those, and others. Mickey King:
[voiceover continues]
I was co-authors "Susan Eager" and "Paul S. Cumming," the newly-discovered Indian writer, "Dr. O. R. Gann" - spelled with two "n"s - and the struggling Nigerian writer, "S. Odomi" - with the emphasis on the "O". Mickey King:
[voiceover continues]
None of them exactly made Book of the Month club
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'My full name is Chester Thomas king
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'Although most people call me Mickey for reasons I won't go into
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'You may have read some of my early works No that you'd know them
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'My publisher didn't see Chester Thomas king
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'as the name of a best selling author
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'He preferred such authors as guy strange Gary rough
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'Dan wild and les behan
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'I was all those and others
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'I was co authors Susan eager and Paul s Cumming
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'The newly discovered Indian writer doctor or Gann spelt with two n's
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'and the struggling Nigerian author s Odomy with the emphasis on the O
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'none of them exactly made book of the month club '
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Movie Summary
A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.
Actors
Mickey King
