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Red Hen Press P.O. Box 3537 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Granada Hills, CA 91394 ph 818-831-0649 fax 818-831-6659 [email protected] Heads You Lose a novel by Edward Lewis in collaboration with Mildred Lewis The twists and turns of the story are compelling . —Publishers Weekly It’s a brilliant and beautifully written moving saga of the violation of Pub. Date: August, 2002 human rights this past century, yet it’s told in a powerfully intimate Audience: Adult General and personal way, with all the meanness and all the joys we all feel so Size: 5.5 x 8.5; 320pp many times. I was very disappointed when the book was over. I wanted Binding: Tradepaper it to go on indefinitely! ISBN: 1-888996-47-1 —Arthur Hiller, twice president of Price: $18.95 The Motion Picture Academy Engrossing and compelling, a well-told story of generosity and greed, and the corrupting social forces that play upon us. A great read. —Michael Parenti author of History as Mystery and To Kill a Nation Heads You Lose will grab you in the first chapter and hold you prisoner until the last. Edward and Mildred Lewis have written a riveting book. —Kirk Douglas Edward Lewis: A producer of twenty-six feature films, including “Sparticus,” “The River,” “Missing,” “Grand Prix,” “The Fixer,” and “Seven Days in May,” Edward Lewis garnered twenty-one Academy Awards and Nominations, eleven Golden Globes, the Palm d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and a British Film Academy Award. He co-wrote two produced screenplays, including “Ring-a-Ring-of-Rosy,” which was selected for The Harold Prince Musical Theatre Program. Mildred Lewis: The Executive Producer of “Harold and Maude,” co-producer of “Missing,” “Executive Action,” “Brothers,” and “Ishi, Last of His Tribe.” She co-authored the screenplays for “Loveable Cheat” and “Brothers,” the play “Spring Street,” and the musical, “Ring-a- Ring-of-Rosey.” She was an active, (though uncredited) advisor and collaborator in all the works of her husband. Distributed to the trade by Small Press Distribution.

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