(Hollywood's Garden of Allah Novels Book 1)
Martin Turnbull (Amazon Unlimited, 2011)
I devoured this book and anyone with a love of old Hollywood will do the same. Martin Turnbull has produced pure entertainment. The story follows three young people trying to make their way in the "Golden Age" of Hollywood. Turnbull seamlessly blends fact and fiction to paint a behind-the-scenes picture of what being a player in the movie business entailed. Big name stars are woven into the fabric of the lives of Kathryn, Gwendolyn, and Marcus. The story captures American history as experienced on Sunset Boulevard, the MGM lot, and the Coconut Grove.
Turnbull also tackles issues that were---and still are---controversial and potentially career ending. The young protagonists of the story all come to The Garden of Allah hotel through various routes and reasons yet their goals are the same; to escape their pasts and live their dreams. They navigate their way with the help of rising movie stars,bootleggers, and a lot of bathtub gin.
This story is at once humorous and sad;pensive and exciting;triumphant and heartbreaking. This exceptionally well-written story will keep you awake late into the night and immediately prompt you to buy the next book in the series.
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