Hollywood Nocturnes: Mysterious Press - HighBridge Audio Classics

by James Ellroy

Synopsis

Nobody plays accordion like Dick Contino. His skilled fingers can find beauty in even the schmaltziest Borscht Belt favorites, and with his matinee-idol looks he could be a real star. Right now, though, he’s slumming it as the headliner in a Grade Z teenybopper picture called Daddy-O. He’s too good for this movie, and finishing it is going to take him to a very dark place.

Daddy-O and Dick Contino are both real, their stories dredged out of the past by James Ellroy, a master of historical crime fiction. In Dick Contino's Blues he takes us to B-List Hollywood in 1957 - a time when movies were cheerful and dirty secrets lurked just off camera. Included along with the novella are five short stories, all in the author’s inimitable tough-bitten style.

Includes:

• "Dick Contino's Blues"
• "High Darktown"
• "Dial Axminster 6-400"
• "Since I Don't Have You"
• "Gravy Train"
• "Torch Number"

Publisher: HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books