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Reading L.A.: Admirers of Los Angeles, warts and all
Culture MonsterChristopher Hawthorne's "Reading L.A." series considers books by Richard Longstreth, John Chase and William Alexander McClung.... -
Happy birthday, Raymond Chandler!
Jacket CopyExcerpts from an amazing 1957 interview between Raymond Chandler and Ian Fleming.... -
James Franco options Steve Erickson's 'Zeroville'
Jacket CopyJames Franco has optioned Steve Erickson's film-focused novel, Zeroville.... -
Your favorite L.A. book, Round 3: Ross Macdonald, Octavia E. Butler, Thomas Pynchon, Nathanael West
Jacket CopyVote for your favorite of 48 excellent books about LA to see which will make the next round.... -
Your favorite L.A. books: runoff until Monday. Then the final...
Jacket CopyVote for your favorite Los Angeles books in our three semifinal polls.... -
Your favorite L.A. book runoff: Last chance to vote
Jacket CopyThere's still time to vote in the runoff for your favorite Los Angeles books.... -
Poll: What's your favorite book about Los Angeles?
Jacket CopyVote for your favorite book about Los Angeles from 12 finalist favorites. Voting closes Thursday morning.... -
Brick-and-mortar treasures in Tinseltown
Special to the Los Angeles TimesLike an old movie set, original Hollywood was dismantled ages ago, leaving what appears to be scant trace of its hallowed roots: The Hollywood Hotel (where Louis B. Mayer and a long list of silent movie stars stayed). The Hollywood Brown Derby (where...Tags: Greta Garbo, Louis B. Mayer, Academy Awards, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Foods and Beverages
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Book review: 'Three Delays' by Charlie Smith
Los Angeles TimesThree Delays A Novel Charlie Smith Harper paper Perennial: 368 pp., $14.99 Billy and Alice are a tripped-out Scott and Zelda, a Jane Austen romance via Hunter S. Thompson, a Romeo and Juliet on the burned-out edge of the baby boom. Billy has no doubts...Tags: Jane Austen, William Faulkner, Drugs and Medicines
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Authors & Ideas: A talk with Daniel Clowes about the likable curmudgeon 'Wilson'
He's the kind of guy who waxes rhapsodic about his love for the human race but curses people who don't smile at his dog. He's full of odes to the sweep of life and won't stop sharing them with the strangers he accosts in coffee shops. He has no job and no...Tags: Steve Martin, Arts and Culture, Bob Barker, Charles M. Schulz, Scarlett Johansson
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'Lonely Hearts' by Marion Meade
Lonelyhearts
The Screwball World
of Nathanael West
and Eileen McKenney
Marion Meade
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 392 pp., $28
They were an odd couple: a sardonic, secretive Jewish guy from New York and an outspoken, outgoing Irish gal from Cleveland....Tags: Broadway Theater, Greenwich Village
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