FORBIDDEN
HOLLYWOOD
-by William Prendergast Cole Dixon Publishing, Minnesota
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Review by E.Borgers
You are not bad in your trade
and you hope for better returns. But one day your contact tries the flight
of the angel, from the 12th story that's a one-shot you know, and suddenly
your "art photos" are worthless, and suddenly Boston becomes too small
for you... you the extortionist and your client's corpse.
In LA, Hart or whatever is his name-temporary or real-contacts his
pal Sam who should know about opportunities. Tough Sam, an ex-small time
cowboy in the old western movies, is not in a very good situation, selling
tours to see houses of stars in Hollywood. But he is very happy to
meet his crooked young friend as he had seen something interesting happening
at the residence of Stacey Tilden, a famous cinema star at the peak of
her glory.
Forbidden Hollywood, with its story told in the first person,
is largely humorous throughout, and has some very funny parts in the Donald
Westlake vein.
The whole novel is a good read, a traditional hard-boiled novel with the necessary mixture of mystery, suspense, and tough characters, not forgetting the very pleasant writing style of William Prendergast and an effective humor both being not the least of the ingredients that make Forbidden Hollywood appealing. A second novel by Prendergast is announced and we really look forward to it. E.Borgers - 14 July 2002
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