Droll without ever being boring, perfectly poised on the edge that separates humor from horror, this novel furthers Grimson's reputation as one of the more inventive new writers probing the dark side of contemporary America. Grimson animates them convincingly, and elaborates their world with such authority that it seems perfectly reasonable that a cosmetically enhanced starlet, a world-renowned botanist, a director of splatter films, a troupe of airhead punk musicians and a shaman empowered by a magic jaguar skin might run in the same circles. Starring: Rosa Salazar, Eric Lange, Catherine Keener. ![]() A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early 90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge and kittens. Lisa's adventures bring her into contact with a flock of dreamers, con men and opportunists, all dependent for their existence on the outrageousness sanctioned in the name of the avant garde. 2021 Maturity Rating: 16+ 1 Season TV Shows Based on Books. She sprouts tattoos that mark her as Boro's pawn and, when she channels the same dark forces he has harnessed, she finds the power she needs to earn the respect of her colleagues. When Boro's rituals prove lethally effective, Lisa realizes that she has stepped in deep voodoo. Through her network of low-life friends, Lisa contacts Boro, an exotic mystic and hit man. Using the basic elements of the how-to-succeed-in-business story, Grimson (Stainless) builds, in his hardcover debut, a bonfire of the vanities for the celluloid set that ignites when director wannabe Lisa Nova seeks revenge on a deceitful studio v-p who denies her the assistant director's spot she slept with him to get. In the world of Hollywoods panderers, philanderers, has-beens, and sycophants, aspiring screenwriter and. Starring: Rosa Salazar, Eric Lange, Catherine Keener. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy. A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early 90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge and kittens. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Supernatural curses, blood sacrifices and zombie factotums are unobtrusive aspects of the lifestyles of the rich and famous in this gleeful swipe at the dark underbelly of Hollywood. 2021 Maturity Rating: 18+ 1 Season TV Shows Based on Books.
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