Hollywood Nights

by Tom Poehlmann

Overview

Bud Wyler goes to live in Hollywood after his life falls apart. The city of Hollywood is not where movies are made. It’s a dilapidated section of a sprawling metropolis, home to street people and other derelicts. Bud finds a job at the Chinese Theatre, meets Rita Scott, an aspiring young actress, and finds lodging with Mad Dog, a drug dealer and part time hustler. Building a new life from scratch, Bud finds solace in helping panhandlers on the street, then tries to help Rita find a life beyond the pointless auditions that occupy her time. But the dream has too deep a hold on her, and she turns to Mad Dog for drugs and comfort. Goaded by Lana, a transvestite in a wheelchair, Bud works through his grief and finds a direction for his life, even as Rita and Mad Dog are destroyed by their fantasies. Told in an evocative style full of allusions to old movies and dead stars, Hollywood Nights is the story of three sad people, and the one who made it out.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940045206372
Publisher:	Tom Poehlmann
Publication date:	08/07/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	214 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Tom Poehlmann graduated from Indiana University with a master's degree in broadcasting, and worked at a public TV station in Southern Illinois for a while.  He then did volunteer work with deaf people in San Diego for two years, before winding up at California State University, where he managed campus media production.  He spent the next 30 years raising a family, especially a handicapped son who died just short of his nineteenth birthday.  Three years ago he cashed in his retirement to buy a house (maybe not the best decision), spent a year teaching software an an Apple store, and then went to Utah to provide health care for his ailing in-laws.  During this time he turned to writing in earnest, and Hollywood Nights is his first production.