The Girl from Hollywood
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Girl from Hollywood
By (Author) Edgar Rice Burroughs
Introduction by Steph Cha
Los Angeles Review of Books
Los Angeles Review of Books
26th March 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Fiction
Classic fiction: general and literary
Crime and mystery: hard-boiled crime, noir fiction
Fiction: general and literary
Narrative theme: Sense of place
813.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
Description
The Girl from Hollywood is a 1923 novel by acclaimed science fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story revolves around a California ranching family and a young woman with aspirations to be a Hollywood star who comes to stay with them. A captivating tale of bootlegging, drug addiction, manipulation, and sordid Hollywood secrets, The Girl from Hollywood is more timely today than ever before.
Author Bio
Edgar Rice Burroughs was an American fiction writer best known for his celebrated and prolific output in the adventure and science-fiction genres. Among the most notable of his creations are the jungle man Tarzan, the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter and the fictional landmass within Earth known as Pellucidar. Burroughs's California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles. He died in 1950. Steph Cha is a Korean American novelist and fiction writer, who has released three novels in the crime fiction genre about her detective protagonist Juniper Song, Follow Her Home, Beware Beware, and Dead Soon Enough.
