ACCLAIM FOR INSIDE OSCAR<BR>"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."<BR>--Vincent Canby<BR> The New York Times<BR>"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."<BR>--Andrew Sarris<BR> The Village Voice<BR>"A grand, grotesque Hollywood party, and what a guest list!"<BR>--Michael Musto<BR> Saturday Review<BR>"A fat volume of facts, trivia, trash, and gossip (perfectly fitting for the occasion)."<BR>--Patricia Holt<BR> San Francisco Chronicle<BR>"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."<BR>--Desmond Ryan<BR> The Philadelphia Inquirer<BR>"The fullest--and funniest--chronicle ever accorded the Golden Guy...a remarkable closeup of Oscar--warts and all."<BR>--Harry Haun<BR> New York Daily News<BR>"There are probably more solid laughs on any ten pages of this book than in the last ten years of Academy Award telecasts."<BR>--Dennis Brown<BR> St. Louis Post-Dispatch<BR>"It may be the only hilariously funny reference book in the world. At whatever point you open it, your total attention is engaged."<BR>--Quentin Crisp<BR> The New York Native