
Hollywood Nocturnes
Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics
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Narrated by:
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Dick Hill
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By:
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James Ellroy
Nobody plays accordion like Dick Contino. His skilled fingers can find beauty in even the schmaltziest Borscht Belt favorites, and with his matinee-idol looks he could be a real star. Right now, though, he’s slumming it as the headliner in a Grade Z teenybopper picture called Daddy-O. He’s too good for this movie, and finishing it is going to take him to a very dark place.
Daddy-O and Dick Contino are both real, their stories dredged out of the past by James Ellroy, a master of historical crime fiction. In Dick Contino's Blues he takes us to B-List Hollywood in 1957 - a time when movies were cheerful and dirty secrets lurked just off camera. Included along with the novella are five short stories, all in the author’s inimitable tough-bitten style.
Includes:
- "Dick Contino's Blues"
- "High Darktown"
- "Dial Axminster 6-400"
- "Since I Don't Have You"
- "Gravy Train"
- "Torch Number"
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Stories included:
"Out of the Past"
"Dick Contino's Blues"
"High Darktown"
"Dial Axminster 6-400"
"Since I Don't Have You"
"Gravy Train"
"Torch Number"
Watch the Ellroy's LA Noir in foetus form
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