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Klappentext Stars Screaming takes us beyond the shimmering phenomenon of Hollywood into the back streets of Los Angeles, exposing the fallout of fame and fortune. Ray Burk is a network censor struggling to break into The Business as a screenwriter. His wife is slowly losing her grip on reality and so Burk, in escape, spends entire days in his car, dealing around the city, reminiscing about all the friends, enemies, and lovers who have crossed his path: The damaged souls that inhabit the Los Angeles underworld, a volatile mix of pimps, winos, and washed-up starlets who spend their days in smoke-filled juice joints replaying the glory days that have somehow slipped away. Pressure builds on Burk, and he too begins to unravel as stories from his past merge with the present, uncovering the dark secrets and shattering consequences of his life. Zusammenfassung One of the most original novels of Los Angeles in recent years, Stars Screaming takes us beyond the shimmering phenomenon of Hollywood into back streets strewn with the fallout of fame and fortune. Ray Burk is a network censor struggling to break into The Business as a screenwriter. As his wife begins to lose her grip on reality, Burk spends entire days in his car on an endless journey through Los Angeles. His path weaves the present of his dissolving family with the shattering events of his past, circling into the Los Angeles underworld, where his friends, lovers, and enemies intertwine with a volatile mix of pimps, winos, and washed-up starlets who drink away the afternoons trying to recapture the glory days that somehow evaded them. And as the dark secrets emerge, Burk too begins to unravel. Spanning an arc from the golden 1930s to the bitter 1970s, Stars Screaming is a remarkable portrait of a lost era that captures the moment when the American dream fell apart.
