Deconstructing Harry(1997)
Harry Block wrote a bestseller about his best friends. Now, his best friends are about to become his worst enemies.
Writer Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.
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