Jun 21, 2018
Writing on 1940s L.A. That’s Worth a Look: Beth Hahn’s ‘A Girl Like You’
Writing on 1940s L.A. That’s Worth a Look: Beth Hahn’s ‘A Girl Like You’
Is it possible to write fiction about Los Angeles in the 1940s without falling into one of the common traps? I believe Beth Hahn has done it.
I have read many works of fiction set in Southern California of the 1930s to the 1950s, what I call the Raymond Chandler era of L.A., and most of them are problematic. Some are absurdly fabricated, like the later books of James Ellroy. Some are mildly…
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