{"product_id":"hardboiled-hollywood-9780520284326","title":"HardBoiled Hollywood","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo spectacular dead bodies-Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, found dumped and posed in a vacant lot in January 1947, and Marilyn Monroe, found dead in her home in August 1962-bookend this new history of Hollywood's postwar transition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Jon Lewis's range as a film scholar is vast... He leaves us with the conviction that the movie business is even more complicated and dangerous than we ever suspected, but never without great plots.\" National Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Real Estate of Crime: The Black Dahlia Dumped by the Side of the Road\u003cbr\u003e 2. Mobsters and Movie Stars: Crime, Punishment, and Hollywood Celebrity\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hollywood Confi dential: Crime and Punishment in Postwar Los Angeles\u003cbr\u003e 4. Hollywood’s Last Lonely Places: The Sad, Short Stories of Barbara Payton and Marilyn Monroe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402874069335,"sku":"9780520284326","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hardboiled-hollywood-9780520284326","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}