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ISBN10: 1684429803
ISBN13: 9781684429806
Publisher: Tiger Van Books
Published: Jan 21 2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781684429806
Publisher: Tiger Van Books
Published: Jan 21 2025
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.71 Width: 5.43 Depth: 8.43
Language: English
Featuring Desperate Times, Desperate Crimes, winner of the 2026 Pushcart Prize L: Best of the Small Presses
A Best L.A.-Centric Book of 2025 by L.A. TACO
A compelling novel-in-stories, Hollywoodski showcases a self-described faded screenwriter's forty-year career.
Dale Davis is a man encumbered by a natural writing talent, corrupted by early success, and reduced to scrambling for crumbs. He arrives in Hollywood, unbattered and innocent, with a novel about his days as an almost Olympic-caliber swimmer. But his faith in the prevailing powers of talent and justice in Tinseltown leaves him essentially black-listed and unemployable, a talented writer who just can't get paid. Despite the fading of a once-promising career, Davis still believes that his talent will propel him back into prominence. But that belief, in Hollywood, is about as realistic as the belief that Someday my prince will come, and as likely to make you depressed and crazy.Hollywoodski is a nonlinear journey through Davis's life, weaving his memories with stories he's written over the years, charting how his hopes and dreams have changed over time. Featuring stories originally published in prominent publications such as The New England Review, ZYZZYVA, and Black Clock, Hollywoodski is a sweeping and inventive telling of the strange avenues that a life follows.
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