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Los Angeles has a tantalizing hold on the American imagination. Its self-magnifying myths encompass Hollywood glamour, Arcadian landscapes, and endless summer, but also the apocalyptic undertow of riots, environmental depredation, and natural disaster. This Companion traces the evolution of... read more
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- Sinclair
- Aldous Huxley
- Cora
- Villarreal
- Isherwood
- Bud
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- Wanda Coleman
- Acosta
- Bukowski
- Waugh
- Lummis
- Sammy
- Bradbury
- Richard
- Campbell
- Carolyn See
- Esther
- Mildred
- Pordage
- Ellroy
- Ross Macdonald
- David Fine
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- Gardner
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- New Hollywood
- New York
- Southern California
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- America
- Mexico
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- London
- Alta California
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- Venice
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- Dewey: 810.9979494
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