{ "item_title" : "Queer People", "item_author" : [" Carroll And Garrett Graham", "Chris Yogerst", "Daniel Henning "], "item_description" : "The lost Hollywood novel that scandalized an industry - back in print after 50 years.Queer is used in its 1913 Webster's Dictionary sense - strange, eccentric, unconventional - a celebration of the gloriously oddball characters of 1920s Hollywood.First published in 1930, Queer People was the insider takedown that set Hollywood's hair on end: a wickedly funny roman clef by two journalists who actually worked inside the studio system. Irving Thalberg, John Gilbert, Louella Parsons, and many more, appear thinly veiled in a satire so accurate that when Howard Hughes bought the film rights, no actor would agree to play themselves.This carefully restored scholarly edition includes the complete original text, a new foreword by noted film historian Chris Yogerst, a vintage map of the book's Hollywood locations, and a publisher's afterword providing full historical context. The direct ancestor of The Studio, The Player, Sunset Boulevard, and contemporary Hollywood satire.About as funny as anything I've ever read. - Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity Fair, in The New York Times (2025)Satirizes Hollywood in almost libelous terms... set Hollywood's hair on end. - TIME Magazine (1931)The best work that has appeared in this field... an extremely entertaining one. - New York Times (1930)Course adoption potential for Film Studies, American Literature, and Cultural History programs.Available in paperback, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/899/458/9798994580004_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "16.99", "online_price" : "16.99", "our_price" : "16.99", "club_price" : "16.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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