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still65 's review for:
The Little Men
by Megan Abbott
Well, it’s like I said a couple of times: I love the writing of Megan Abbott.
This was a big surprise in a mini-format. A Novella.
Cost you seven bucks from Mysterious Press via Penzler’s Bibliomysteries series of short stories/novella.
You?
Don’t be a simp.
You pay the postage, ok?
This is one of Megan’s classics.. set in Hollywood post WWII.
Young woman from the Midwest goes to H’wood to be a star. She’s an actress who starts banging various assholes associated with the studios.
Winds up with syphilis a couple of times during an “affair” with a “Mister D”. He pays for her favors. And penicillin doses.
You were a luscious piece of candy”, he said,
So she becomes a makeup artist working at Republic and Allied Artist studios.
Rents a cottage overlooking the old Hollywood sign.
Really real stuff ensues.
Sorry. I hate loving every card I play.
This novella is a solid 87 stars.
God but I love Megan Abbott’s storytelling.