From the modern master of noir comes a novel about the king of the 1950s Hollywood undergrounda tale of pervasive paranoia filled with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut films, and strange bedfellows.
Fred Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple ruleshe'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies.
Fred is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddie dons an array of new hatssleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedyand, most notablythe lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internetand delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all!
In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills.
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Fred Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple ruleshe'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies.
Fred is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddie dons an array of new hatssleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedyand, most notablythe lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internetand delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all!
In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills.
Widespread Panic
From the modern master of noir comes a novel about the king of the 1950s Hollywood undergrounda tale of pervasive paranoia filled with communist conspiracies, FBI finks, celebrity smut films, and strange bedfellows.
Fred Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple ruleshe'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies.
Fred is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddie dons an array of new hatssleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedyand, most notablythe lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internetand delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all!
In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills.
Fred Otash is the man in the know and the man to know in Tinseltown. He operates with two simple ruleshe'll do anything but murder, and he'll never work with commies.
Fred is a corrupt L.A. cop on the skids. He executed a cop killer named Horvath and it gores him. So Captain "Whiskey" Bill Parker cans him. Now, Freddie dons an array of new hatssleazoid private eye, shakedown artist, matchmaker for Rock Hudson, pimp for President John F. Kennedyand, most notablythe lead tipster and head strongarm goon for Confidential magazine. Confidential presaged the idiot internetand delivered the dirt, the dish, the insidious ink and the scurrilous skank on the feckless foibles of misanthropic movie stars, sex-soiled socialites, and putzo politicians. Freaky Freddy outs them all!
In Widespread Panic we traverse the depths of '50s L.A. and internalize the inner workings of Confidential. Dig: You'll go to Burt Lancaster's lushly appointed torture den. . . You'll gas on overhyped legend James Dean as Freddy's chief stooge. . . You'll be there for Freddy's ring-a-ding rendezvous with Liz Taylor. . . You'll be front and center as Freddy runs roughshod over the stars of the silver screen and the demimonde of the Hollywood hills.
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ISBN-13: | 9780593414576 |
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Publisher: | Diversified Publishing |
Publication date: | 06/29/2021 |
Edition description: | Large Print |
Pages: | 480 |
Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.20(d) |
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