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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Ferine Books (May 17, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0978896858
  • ISBN-13: 978-0978896850
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,118,334 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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About the Author

Described by the Sydney Morning Herald as the "quintessential L.A. noir writer," John Gilmore has been acclaimed internationally for his true crime books, his fiction and Hollywood memoirs. His following spans the globe. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Hollywood, Gilmore has traveled the road to Fame in many guises: actor, low-budget film director, journalist, true-crime author and novelist. Divorced three times, Gilmore has a son and daughter, and though traveling frequently, Gilmore's home-base is Hollywood.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful By Laurel Johnson on April 19, 2004
Format: Paperback
John Gilmore's writing style, like the subject matter he chooses for his novels, is distinctive. Past accomplishments include Severed: The True Story of the Black Dahlia Murder; Live Fast-Die Young: Remembering the Short Life of James Dean; and Manson: The Unholy Trail of Charlie and the Family. In his tenth novel, the author shows us Hollywood Boulevard of the present day. With unblinking honesty, Gilmore reveals tinseltown's raw truths. It's not all glitter.

Eli Woodrow is divorced, living alone in a tiny apartment, pursuing his dreams at a snail's pace. In a world of auras, zodiac signs, and the fast deal, Eli is a quiet straight arrow. He knows his world is garbage and accepts it. His gift as a photographer has been mostly lost in the shuffle. The closest he has come to fame is the porn films he shoots, but his hopes are pinned on the coffee table book of photos shot on Hollywood Boulevard. Through his eyes, the pimps and prostitutes, drug addicts, transients, and bottom feeders along the boulevard become grist for the camera's lens. When Shana Sands crosses his path, she's like a dream come true for the lonely Eli.

Shana Sands is the epitome of Hollywood beauty. Blonde, with a figure to die for, Eli is captivated by her from day one. She has a childlike vulnerability he finds endearing, and an unselfconscious sexuality that possesses him completely. And best of all, Shana wants him in her life. She talks of love, of having babies and making a home together in the Hollywood hills. Even when his dream girl turns out to be a nightmare, Eli stays hooked. Trying to follow Shana's flight of ideas in every conversation is exhausting. She spends money like water.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful By Bleeker on March 22, 2004
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What's more at the heart of L.A. than Hollywood Boulevard? John Gilmore captures the beat. A crazy, upside-down relationship drama of love, allure, sexual obsession and transsexual romping in right-now, struggling-to-make-it Hollywood. Eli Woodrow, a young, aloof photographer bounced between his "art" and shooting porn for a cheap producer using rooftops instead of studios.
Eli appears stuck between the self-sufficient and street people, crowded by cons, hookers and hustlers, describing his life as "living in a mayonnaise jar" since a divorce. Occupying a single apartment in an earthquake-damaged building, he finds comfort in his offbeat photos and videos from noir and to silent films. Surviving by part-time photography, part-time lab work, part-time cameraman and part-time pizza slinger in a Boulevard take-out, Eli hungers for "full-time" commitment.
He meets blonde, wannabe-star Shana Sands, arguing over a slice of pizza, and mistaking her green contacts for real eyes, chases her for a photo. Shana consents, not wholly agreeable, and what starts as a simple shoot sends Eli spinning into a world he never dreamed of.
Tall, beautiful, like Daryl Hannah "in that old movie Blade Runner," with a touch of Britney Spears, glamourous Shana has an unseen side: she suffers a dangerous, incurable sleep and brain disorder called narcolepsy. Drastically hampered in activities we take for granted: working, driving, cooking, laughing, crying, getting scared, shocked or surprised, Shana lives on amphetamines to combat blackouts, and wages an uphill battle against addiction. Frequent withdrawal leave her zombie-like, plagued with kooky hallucinations like slimy aliens entering her body to inseminate her.
Celibate since his divorce, Eli explodes sexually with Shana.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful By A Customer on April 21, 2004
Format: Paperback
The ups and downs of the emotional ride in John Gilmore's recent novel, is like riding a wild roller coaster. The writing is hard-hitting, direct, lively and strong, yet a poignancy is felt; an undercurrent of saddness. The previous reviewer has covered keys points of the story, but an impact is felt in the subtle manner in which John Gilmore delivers his tale, ranking with the very best writing that is being published today. I was swept up in reading this book that doesn't for a moment sway from the vision the author has wedded or intended. Unique in a world soaked with genre and formula offerings. The characters are vivid, especially the goofy but pitiful Shana, and then the hero's "femme fatale" in "drag" (though this character is far more feminine than male). The hero is remarkably existential in his resignation over the events of his life; a solid-ringing statement about our culture, shocked into moral and psychological ennui. I have become a devoted John Gilmore fan. A powerful literary achievement; highly recommended.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By Mary Anne Wendell on July 19, 2006
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HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD is one of the best new novels I have read. I was fortunate in obtaining a used copy (like new) from an Amazon dealer. I have since learned the following: this book was an "experiment" by the author, John Gilmore, in trying an online publication since he stated in an interview that the future of publishing is "online publishing." It seems the promotion that was to happen didn't happen and Gilmore pulled the bookback from the online publisher. COnsequently it was i print for about a month (?) and has remained out of print since then, the past two years or so. It is my understanding that this powerful novel will be republished this winter, 2007 by a traditional publisher. I am excited to see the new edition of this book. It is an absolute winner and I donot understand why the author has not republished these past two years. The characters in this work are young, exciting, some losers, obsessed and driven, pained and oversexed! The story is set in the present in Hollywood. I am potivie this work is destined to be a movie. It has all the sex and sticky ingredients in the other books by this author i.e. CRAZY STREAK, L.A. DESPAIR, SEVERED, and etc. HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD is a great read, has much impact and is emotionally troubling and at times very sad. I love this book!
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