{"product_id":"tinseltown-william-j-mann-9780062242198","title":"Tinseltown: Murder, Morphine, and Madness at the Dawn of Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Bestseller - Edgar Award winner for Best Fact Crime\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Day of the Locust\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe Devil in the White City\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil\u003c\/em\u003e in this juicy, untold Hollywood story: an addictive true tale of ambition, scandal, intrigue, murder, and the creation of the modern film industry.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1920, the movies had suddenly become America's new favorite pastime, and one of the nation's largest industries. Never before had a medium possessed such power to influence. Yet Hollywood's glittering ascendency was threatened by a string of headline-grabbing tragedies--including the murder of William Desmond Taylor, the popular president of the Motion Picture Directors Association, a legendary crime that has remained unsolved until now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a fiendishly involving narrative, bestselling Hollywood chronicler William J. Mann draws on a rich host of sources, including recently released FBI files, to unpack the story of the enigmatic Taylor and the diverse cast that surrounded him--including three beautiful, ambitious actresses; a grasping stage mother; a devoted valet; and a gang of two-bit thugs, any of whom might have fired the fatal bullet. And overseeing this entire landscape of intrigue was Adolph Zukor, the brilliant and ruthless founder of Paramount, locked in a struggle for control of the industry and desperate to conceal the truth about the crime. Along the way, Mann brings to life Los Angeles in the Roaring Twenties: a sparkling yet schizophrenic town filled with party girls, drug dealers, religious zealots, newly-minted legends and starlets already past their prime--a dangerous place where the powerful could still run afoul of the desperate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true story recreated with the suspense of a novel, \u003cem\u003eTinseltown\u003c\/em\u003e is the work of a storyteller at the peak of his powers--and the solution to a crime that has stumped detectives and historians for nearly a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William J. Mann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0062242199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062242198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.44w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/12\/2015 pg. 52","brand":"William J. Mann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045983875327,"sku":"9780062242198","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_42cc3ebd-474f-4c62-9b3f-1b288d44ab7b.jpg?v=1684981936","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tinseltown-william-j-mann-9780062242198","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}