Two Weeks in Another Town Author:Irwin Shaw Two Weeks in Another Town is the story of Jack Andrus, who in the course of two intense weeks in the international film colony in Rome is forced to relive his past as a Hollywood star, to encounter an old wife and a new mistress, and to decide whether to put his life and honor on the line for the brilliant and corrupt movie director who put him ... more »on top, then helped destroy him. It is a novel of love, lust, ambition and human compassion, filled with men and women of immense vitality, and set against the glittering, sophisticated background only Irwin Shaw can capture so well.« less