"I Read In the Papers About Their Escape…"

What truly evil parents are getting for their kids' birthdays in the UK: Evil Clown. In related news, child psychologists are putting down payments on boats and summer homes.

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Fellow L.A. author Jenny Hollowell is featured as one of the best new writers at the Daily Beast.

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David Cay Johnston remembers former LAPD Chief Daryl Gates.

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Wondermark, by David Malki. You can catch him at the L.A. Times Festival of Books this weekend. And oh yeah, that Farnsworth guy will be there, too.

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