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Thomas Tryon (Author), Alpha Trivette (Narrator), Audible Studios (Publisher)

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In Hollywood, a cynical writer recalls five faded beauties of the silver screen

Charlie Caine has been to too many Hollywood funerals. The studio system is long gone, and its stars - some forgotten, some preserved for display on a late-night show - are beginning to pass on, as well. Only a few turn out for the final performance of Babe Austrian, a peroxide-blond beauty whose red hot talkies changed the way America thought about sex. As he gazes into her coffin, Caine remembers Babe as she was: a dynamite beauty with secrets that could have burned Hollywood to the ground.

In Babe and four other interlocking novellas, Caine recalls the leading ladies of long-lost Hollywood: Belinda, whose daughter was as cruel as she was lovely; Claire, who would do anything to stay in the public eye; April, fragile, beautiful, and mad; and Maude, Hollywood's most respected matron, whose happy marriage had a lie at its heart. Charlie Caine knows where cinema's bodies are buried, and he's anxious to start digging.

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Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 23 hours and 44 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Audible Studios
Audible.com Release Date: November 2, 2013
Whispersync for Voice: Ready
Language: English
ASIN: B00GDSLOKS
Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
- #362 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Mashups
- #2316 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Gothic
- #42008 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Women's Fiction > Contemporary Women

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Glamorous and Grimy Hollywood

By pgh girl on December 14, 2013

Format: Kindle Edition Verified Purchase

In the same vein as his other Hollywood novel. "Crowned Heads", Tryon gives us 5 novellas about 5 glamorous Hollywood actresses. They all have a legendary agent in common which nicely connects all the novellas. But all is not glamour to their stories--there is also much grime that is a by-product of Hollywood excess. Tryon, who was a Hollywood actor for 15 years, shows us that there is a price to pay to be successful in Hollywood. This is Old Hollywood, so don't expect familiarity with today's Hollywood. It's fun to guess on which real-life actresses Tryon is basing the book's fictitious actresses.

This novel is narrated by a writer who weaves in and out of the lives of the actresses. I suspect some of the book is autobiographical even though Tryon has never stated this, As with all his books, Tryon has such a marvelous way with words that it's as if we are watching a movie.

I was happy to see most of Tryon's books put out on Kindle and I hope this signals a revival of interest in his works. He is much too underrated as an American writer.

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Great escapist fiction

By Shadow Woman on January 27, 2002

Format: Mass Market Paperback

This is the perfect book for fans of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Tryon takes the reader back to a time when everything was glamourous and there was something almost magical about the movies. But he then proceeds to tell the very REAL behind-the-scenes story of some leading ladies, who share a common thread in that they were all involved with the same man at one time or another.
This is the kind of book you can't put down. There's lots of melodrama, intrigue, sex... and even murder! Also some pretty funny twists, especially the first story. (If you read it you'll see what I mean.) Glorious camp! Five stars.

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One of the best books I have ever read

By A Customer on May 21, 1999

Format: Mass Market Paperback

I came across this book quite by accident, and couldn't put it down! Blending fiction with real life people, this book is engaging, funny and touching all at once. Tryon's characters come to life right in front of you, and you may find yourself asking "are these REAL people?" A wonderful story, an inside look at the workings of show business and lots of twists. "OH YEAH!"