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Laid Bare: A Memoir of Wrecked Lives and the Hollywood Death Trip

Gilmore, John

ISBN 10: 1878923080 / ISBN 13: 9781878923080
Published by Amok Books, 1997
Used Condition: Fine Soft cover
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1878923080 Chapters in the book deal with Gilmore's relationship (including sexual) with James Dean. Also chapters on a young Janis Joplin, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Sal Mineo, etc. Paperback Original. Bookseller Inventory # 006447

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Title: Laid Bare: A Memoir of Wrecked Lives and the...

Publisher: Amok Books

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Paperback

Book Condition:Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Issued without a dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition

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A powerful chronicler of the American Nightmare through his gripping examinations of near-mythic Southern California murders (the Black Dahlia, Tate-La Bianca), John Gilmore now draws upon his personal experiences to turn his sights on our morbid obsession with Celebrity and the ruinous price it extracts from those who would pursue it. With caustic clarity and 20/20 hindsight, Gilmore unstintingly recounts his relationships with the likes of Janis Joplin, Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Jane Fonda, Jean Seberg and Lenny Bruce on the way up and at the peaks of their notoriety. In baring his role in James Dean's attempts to push the bounds of sexual experimentation, Gilmore explores the actor's legendary fascination with speed and death. With hip, vivid prose, Gilmore describes his illuminating and often haunting first-hand encounters with Hank Williams, Ed Wood, Jr., Briggite Bardot, Sal Mineo, Eartha Kitt, Charles Manson, Jayne Mansfield, Vampira, Steve McQueen and many other denizens of the 20th century's dubious Pantheon.

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Acclaimed internationally for his literary fiction, his hard-boiled true crime books and Hollywood memoirs, John Gilmore has a following that spans the globe from London to Tokyo, from Hong Kong to Hollywood. "John Gilmore is the quintessential L.A. noir writer..." Sydney Morning Herald.

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