Hollywood Novels

By Liz | Published: Sunday, February 24, 2008

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Over at Newsday, I have a list of great Hollywood novels–one of my favorite literary genres. The painful part was choosing only five. Here they are.

Other contenders include:

Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann
The Last Tycoon, F. Scott Fitzgerald (also the Pat Hobby stories)
The Goodbye People, Gavin Lambert
What Makes Sammy Run, Budd Schulberg
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, Aldous Huxley
I’m Still Holding, I’m Losing You, and I’ll Let You Go, Bruce Wagner
Prater Violet, Christopher Isherwood
The Loved One, Evelyn Waugh

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2 Comments

  1. New York Times Bestseller List
    Posted Friday, February 20, 2009 at 3:09 pm | Permalink

    Valley of the Dolls was an eye-opener from someone who had really been there–Jackie Susann.

  2. Liz
    Posted Sunday, February 22, 2009 at 1:36 pm | Permalink

    Wow. What a great interview! Thanks so much for the link.

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