I Should Have Stayed Home
- Synopsis
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McCoy's classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless HollywoodFor aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood--but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But the big break for these two young hopefuls finally arrives in a curious way. When their third roommate is sentenced to three years in prison for shoplifting, Mona's emotional courtroom outburst wins her and Ralph notoriety--and entrée into new social circles. Ralph becomes the self-loathing plaything of Ethel Smithers, a wealthy widow who promises much but has no interest in delivering. Mona faces romantic nightmares of her own while also being blacklisted for joining a union. A precursor to Sunset Boulevard, and reminiscent of Nathanael West, I Should Have Stayed Home is a fantastically hardboiled portrait of Tinseltown in the thirties. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.
- Copyright:
- 1938
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781453292044
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 05/19/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Horace Mccoy
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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History,
Literature and Fiction,
Mystery and Thrillers
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- Bookshare Staff
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