James Robert Baker Books

The narrative unfolds through interviews with those who experienced the chaotic life of Shark Trager, a Hollywood producer whose aspirations shifted dramatically after a harsh critique. Embracing a life of excess, Shark produces increasingly outrageous films while engaging in wild escapades, including saving hostages and thwarting bizarre threats. As his erratic journey culminates in an unexpected Academy Award nomination, the story promises a riotous and unpredictable climax that challenges the norms of Hollywood.

In a turbo-charged romp through the Hollywood of everyone's wildest dreams, Boy Wonder follows the career of Shark Trager--rebel filmmaker and megasuccessful producer--from his birth in 1950 at a drive-in movie theater and his meteoric rise to the pinnacle of Hollywood power, to his equally spectacular descent into obscurity.