This dwindling concern is on the brink of an aggressive buyout by a sparring partner of Lucy’s (Scott Speedman). Meanwhile, they seem to have nothing useful to put out – at least, until documents surface with Shaw’s signature on them, which prove he has owed the company another novel all these years. One such person is Lucy Stanbridge ( Aubrey Plaza), the new head of the boutique firm she’s inherited from her father, who was responsible for Shaw’s fame way back when. He’s equal parts Hemingway, Salinger and Lowry, and few in the publishing industry even know he’s still around. He has spent the ensuing decades becoming a cantankerous recluse, swigging Black Label at the typewriter. This isn’t just a prestige cameo but a meaty leading role: he plays Harris Shaw, a British novelist fêted for one runaway success in the 1970s. Nearing 90, Michael Caine is still a force, and the prospect of watching it unleashed justifies watching even Best Sellers, an ambling literary comedy.
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