ACCLAIM FOR INSIDE OSCAR<br>&quot;A giddy social history of our place and time...Mr. Wiley and Mr. Bona have found just the right tone for writing about this most particular of American phenomena.&quot;<br>--Vincent Canby<br> The New York Times<br>&quot;This is the book for your film reference library, not merely because it reveals where the bodies are buried, but also because it serves as a useful sociological and aesthetic guide to the Hollywood rat race over the past six decades.&quot;<br>--Andrew Sarris<br> The Village Voice<br>&quot;A grand, grotesque Hollywood party, and what a guest list!&quot;<br>--Michael Musto<br> Saturday Review<br>&quot;A fat volume of facts, trivia, trash, and gossip (perfectly fitting for the occasion).&quot;<br>--Patricia Holt<br> San Francisco Chronicle<br>&quot;Gossipy fun and a browser's delight! Everyone may know bits and pieces, but no one has ever gathered this kind of material in such a convenient and diverting format.&quot;<br>--Desmond Ryan<br> The Philadelphia Inquirer<br>&quot;The fullest--and funniest--chronicle ever accorded the Golden Guy...a remarkable closeup of Oscar--warts and all.&quot;<br>--Harry Haun<br> New York Daily News<br>&quot;There are probably more solid laughs on any ten pages of this book than in the last ten years of Academy Award telecasts.&quot;<br>--Dennis Brown<br> St. Louis Post-Dispatch<br>&quot;It may be the only hilariously funny reference book in the world. At whatever point you open it, your total attention is engaged.&quot;<br>--Quentin Crisp<br> The New York Native