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Death Dance
A Novel By
Berton D. Garey
SLG BOOKS ISBN: 0-943389-29-1 $11.95
"My brother died violently. A gunshot to the head. The West Lost Angeles Police Department spokesman said it was suicide. I wasn't so sure."
Marty Goldman was the best and brightest, a pioneer in entertainment law. Honorable, decent and tough in a business increasingly dishonest and dishonorable, his stature was unrivaled. His client list of writers, directors and actors read like a Who’s Who of the film industry. His death was unexpected and shocking. That it was suicide was unbelievable to no one more than his brother, Kurt Goldman, who leaves behind his own quiet world of designing and building in the Berkeley Hills to come to L.A. to bury his brother. And to settle his affairs.
DEATH DANCE is an extraordinary first novel: well crafted, fast paced and exciting, it is a darkly funny journey into the tangled thicket of deceit, envy and money that drive the entertainment world. With wit and irony it scours away the industry’s carefully crafted veneer of artistic gentility and professional goodwill. It is at the same time an exploration of the bonds of family love, loyalty and friendship; of the forces that sometimes send them spinning out of control, and the grace that sometimes pulls them together again.
DEATH DANCE follows Kurt Goldman through the rarified world his brother had seemed to have mastered, as he attempts to unravel the tangle of greed and malice and betrayal that may have taken his brother’s life. And now threatens his own.
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Oakhurst Irregulars
A Novel By
Berton D. Garey
SLG BOOKS ISBN: 0-943389-40-2 $16.95
In the aftermath of war, there are no victors, only the wounded, some still trying to inflict pain, others trying to heal themselves and each other. Kurt Goldman finds both. Oakhurst Irregulars creates an intimate and nuanced view of a child's post-war world as it's shaped by the people and events that surround him and the choices that confront him, both in his innocence as well as in its loss.
In the Spring and Summer of 1951 the country was in the process of recovering and re-inventing itself after the “good war”. But not all wounds had healed and not everyone was ready to move on. To eight year old Kurt Goldman, Oakhurst Drive in Beverly Hills, is an idyllic, dynamic and exciting world of returned veterans, aspiring and established actors, and best of all his new friend from up the block, Norma Jean. When events seem to shatter that world forever, he learns, “In this life, it’s the friends you can count on that make all the difference.“ Now, thirty-eight years later, a murder investigation threatens to unravel the secrets of that summer. This engaging and compelling novel of post World War II Los Angeles is funny, lyric, and haunting, but ultimately, an affirmation of the resilience of the human spirit. Mr. Garey's confident narrative, vivid characters and richly detailed settings make this both a memorable prequel and sequel to his first novel, Death Dance.
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