This singular book follows a mad, tumultuous landscape without remorse or pity, the high and low life of Hollywood/LA. Gilmore obsesses on a relen...
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Jul 17, 2011
Matt
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If this is the sort of stuff you love, you'll love this stuff.
The John Holmes Wonderland Avenue murder case has always been up there with the Mansons as one of my favorite bedtime stories.
The life and violent times of Hollywood cowboy Spade Cooley is also a standout here, a mixture of low-brow, slow-down-by-the-car-crash voyeurism and new journalistic technique to make Tom Wolfe proud.
Cheers.
The John Holmes Wonderland Avenue murder case has always been up there with the Mansons as one of my favorite bedtime stories.
The life and violent times of Hollywood cowboy Spade Cooley is also a standout here, a mixture of low-brow, slow-down-by-the-car-crash voyeurism and new journalistic technique to make Tom Wolfe proud.
Cheers.
Oct 29, 2008
Andy
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Postcards from Hell, these little downtrodden showbiz vignettes of the not-so beautiful losers is absolutely gripping in its ugliness. Creepy bios include the Eddie Nash-John Holmes murder story;
Barbara Peyton, star of "Bride of the Gorilla" who took acting classes with Tony Curtis and earned his life-long hatred and later had a short-lived affair with Bob Hope;
killer Barbara Graham, subject of the Susan Hayward movie "I Want To Live";
country music bully S More...
Barbara Peyton, star of "Bride of the Gorilla" who took acting classes with Tony Curtis and earned his life-long hatred and later had a short-lived affair with Bob Hope;
killer Barbara Graham, subject of the Susan Hayward movie "I Want To Live";
country music bully S More...
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