Saturday, November 7, 2015

The Chrysanthemum Palace

More self-consciously literary than some of his gonzo-style works, this Hollywood novel by Bruce Wagner is the story of three offspring of show business and literary "royalty" and their struggle to live up to, or erase, the parental mark. The characterizations fail to achieve great depth, but the prose is impeccable.

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