โ Clancy, Joanne
๐ Fiction
๐
2015
๐ English
โ 72 KB
โฆ LIBER โฆ
I Should Have Stayed Home
โ Scribed by Horace McCoy
- Publisher
- Open Road Integrated Media
- Year
- 2012;2013
- Tongue
- en-us
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
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 entr 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...
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