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and his stories couldn't be told any other way

and extremely loveable outcast enmeshed in a mysterious psychological drama

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"the master of manipulation" (Associated Press) and "the most creative

This Wicked World the gumazing gum girl! and his stories couldn't beElmore Leonard meets Denis Johnson in this explosive first novel set on the seedy side of Southern California. Ex marine Jimmy Boone former bodyguard to Los Angeles's rich and famous is fresh out of Corcoran, on parole, and trying to keep his nose clean until he figures out his next move. He has a job tending bar on Hollywood Boulevard, serving drinks to tourists, and is determined to put the past behind him. But trying to do the right thing has