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Title: Los Angeles: People, Places, and the Castle on the Hill (National Geographic Directions) by A. M. Homes ISBN: 079226536X Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3

Rating: 1
Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME ON THIS GARBAGE.
Comment: Don't waste your time and money on this piece of excrement. Ms. Homes HATES L.A. and lets the reader know it all the time. She knows nothing of the history of Chateau Marmont. She also has an ego so huge it wouldn't fit into Arrowhead Pond. No dear, it's not REALLY a pond! The writer refers to herself more than once as an "intellectual from the East." Usually when someone speaks so highly of themselves it's frequently because no one else does. Ms. Homes is like the one irritating girl in class that knows EVERYTHING and lets you know she knows everything all the time. If you want to read a truly splendid book about the Chateau Marmont pick up "Life at the Marmont" and don't waste any time and money on this one. My copy will be on the garbage truck in the morning. If I could have chosen NO STARS I would. A.M. Homes you are a disgrace.

Rating: 5
Summary: what a novelist knows
Comment: I am a huge fan of Homes' fiction and it's really nice to see her branch out--what I like about this book is that it has some of the same characteristics as her novels and stories, a really unique point of view, and the people she selected to intervew are smart, interesting and end up telling the reader a lot not just
about LA, but about human behavior and the need to need to be seen/noticed.

Rating: 5
Summary: LA from the outside in
Comment: This book offers an outsider's perspective on the city of Los Angeles, and all the things that make "LA" what it has come to represent culturally and geographically to the rest of the country. The interviews provided insight into the fabric of the city and introduced us to a variety of memorable personalities. I enjoyed looking at LA the way a novelist would approach a character in a story --> what makes the city tick?

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