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I should have stayed home a novel

McCoy & rsquo;s classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless Hollywood For aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood & mdash;but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But the big break for these two young hopefuls finally arrives in a curious way. When their third roommate is sentenced to three years in prison for shoplifting, Mona & rsquo;s emotional courtroom outburst wins her and Ralph notoriety & mdash;and entr & eacute;e into new social circles. Ralph becomes the self-loathing plaything of Ethel Smithers, a wealthy widow who promises much but has no interest in delivering. Mona faces romantic nightmares of her own while also being blacklisted for joining a union. A precursor to Sunset Boulevard, and reminiscent of Nathanael West, I Should Have Stayed Home is a fantastically hardboiled portrait of Tinseltown in the thirties. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

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  • "McCoy & rsquo;s classic, slyly funny novel about a pair of young actors trying to make it in a pitiless Hollywood For aspiring actor Ralph Carston, all roads lead to Hollywood & mdash;but none seem to be direct or easy. The handsome Georgia native immediately finds that his Southern accent is one strike against him, though he manages to eke out a living as an extra alongside his pretty roommate Mona Matthews. But the big break for these two young hopefuls finally arrives in a curious way. When their third roommate is sentenced to three years in prison for shoplifting, Mona & rsquo;s emotional courtroom outburst wins her and Ralph notoriety & mdash;and entr & eacute;e into new social circles. Ralph becomes the self-loathing plaything of Ethel Smithers, a wealthy widow who promises much but has no interest in delivering. Mona faces romantic nightmares of her own while also being blacklisted for joining a union. A precursor to Sunset Boulevard, and reminiscent of Nathanael West, I Should Have Stayed Home is a fantastically hardboiled portrait of Tinseltown in the thirties. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy."@en
  • ""Ralph Carston, a handsome young man from Georgia, and roommate Mona Matthews work as extras and dream of Hollywood stardom when a courtroom fracas by Mona gives them a flash of notoriety. This leads to a swank Hollywood party and an introduction to Ethel Smithers, a rich older woman with a less than pure interest in Carston"--Publisher description."@en

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  • "Cuentos de detectives y misterio"@es
  • "Mystery and detective fiction"@es
  • "Intrigazko eleberria"
  • "Novela negra"
  • "Crime fiction"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Eleberri beltza"
  • "Novela de intriga"
  • "History"@en
  • "Fiction"@es
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "I should have stayed home a novel"@en
  • "I should have stayed home"
  • "I should have stayed home"@en
  • "Hobe nuen etxean gelditu"
  • "J'aurais dû rester chez nous : roman"
  • "Jeg skulde være blevet hjemme : Roman fra Hollywood"@da
  • "I Should Have Stayed Home"@en
  • "Jeg skulde være blevet hjemme : En Roman fra Hollywood"@da
  • "J'aurais du rester chez nous"
  • "Avrei dovuto restare a casa"@it
  • "Avrei dovuto restare a casa"
  • "Debería haberme quedado en casa"@es
  • "Jeg skulle være blevet hjemme : En roman fra Hollywood"@da
  • "J'aurais dû rester chez nous"
  • "Luces de hollywood"
  • "Luces de Hollywood"
  • "Luces de Hollywood"@es

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