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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel is Quentin Tarantino's 2021 debut novel, a novelization of his 2019 film that expands on the story of washed-up actor Rick Dalton and his stunt double Cliff Booth in 1969 Hollywood, adding new scenes, deeper character backstories (especially Cliff's), and more detailed historical context, while offering a different, more relaxed ending than the movie's explosive finale. It functions as both a love letter to the era and a "complete rethinking" of the story, exploring the changing film industry and the lives of its characters, including Sharon Tate and the Manson Family.