Spiderweb, the flipside of Star in the Hard Case double reprint was a
much better novel, and also dealt with Hollywood.
On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 5:16 AM, ssshapir <ssshapir@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've recommended it before on a similar thread but I don't mind doing
> it again -- George Axelrod's Blackmailer published by Hard Case is a
> fantastic Hollywood noir set in the 50's with characters that remind
> you of Monroe, Hemingway and Capote. It's a poisoned love letter to
> Hollywood. Axelrod wrote the screenplay for the Manchurian Candidate,
> incidentally.
>
> Also recently read 'Shooting Star' by Robert Bloch. Counts as
> Hollywood noir but is pretty blah. Still there is enough of Bloch's
> humour to please his fans.
>
>
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