| West of Eden: A Life in 21st Century Los Angeles Contributor(s): Rosenthal, Chuck (Author) |
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ISBN: 0984578285 ISBN-13: 9780984578283 Publisher: What Books Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Form - Essays - Literary Collections | Essays - Transportation |
| Dewey: 979.494 |
| LCCN: 2011914265 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6" W x 9" (0.68 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Literary Nonfiction. Travel Writing. WEST OF EDEN: A LIFE IN 21ST CENTURY LOS ANGELES is a bitingly funny riff on Hollywood, Malibu, Topanga Canyon, and LA. David St. John calls it hands-down one of the funniest--and wisest--works about Los Angeles. Rosenthal skewers Scientologists, movie stars, celebrities, and himself. Evelyn McDonnell calls it dry, absurd, and beautiful. Celeste Fremon: Dead eye gossipy and wildly funny. Rosenthal's second book of Magic Journalism, like ARE WE NOT THERE YET?, is philosophical and hilarious. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rosenthal, Chuck: - Chuck Rosenthal is the author of seven published novels: Loop's End (the Loop Trilogy); Elena of the Stars; Jack Kerouac's Avatar Angel: His Last Novel; My Mistress, Humanity; and The Heart of Mars. He is the author of a memoir, Never Let Me Go, and two books of magic journalism, WEST OF EDEN: A LIFE IN 21ST CENTURY LOS ANGELES and ARE WE NOT THERE YET?: TRAVELS IN NEPAL, NORTH INDIA, AND BHUTAN. He rides and trains horses. He teaches narrative writing and theory for the Syntext program at Loyola Marymount University and lives in Topanga Canyon, outside Los Angeles. |