I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME

by Horace McCoy

$550 · Offered by Captain Ahab's Rare Books

London: Arthur Baker Ltd., 1938. First UK Edition. The author's third book, a hard-boiled depression-era novel set in Hollywood. Centered around an aspiring young actor and actress, living on the skids and hoping for a break, the novel explores the cut-throat and exploitative nature of the movie business, giving glimpses of the whole range of Hollywood life - its parties and night clubs, its mansions and cheap bungalows, its

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