Dozens of characters pass along the readers sight lines. some never to be seen again. But, James Frey lingers on a handful of LA's lost souls and captures the dramatic narrative of their lives. There is a bright, ambitious young Mexican-American who allows her future to be undone by a moment of searing humiliation. There is a supremely narcissistic movie star whose passion for the unattainable object of his passion nearly destroys him. There is a couple, both nineteen years old who flee their hometown and struggle to survive on the fringes of the great city,. There is an aging Venice Beach alcoholic whose life is turned upside down when a meth-addled teen shows up half dead outside the restroom that he calls home.
The book illuminates the joys, horrors, and unexpected fortunes of life and death in Los Angeles.
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