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Hollywood Lies. Seven suavely bewitching stories, all with a Machiavellian twist at the end: Marilyn Monroe as virtual reality's most valuable asset . . . a fading film producer who considers news of his impending death as the ultimate career break . . . a screenwriter terrorised by the character he creates - a force that refuses to die, either onscreen or off . . . Against a backdrop already larger than life, each scenario mixes the surreal with the supernatural in a toxic cocktail of malevolent wit. Hollywood's glitter balancing on a scalpel edge of madness. Hollywood thrives on lies, and David Ambrose's superbly crafted stories tell us exactly how . . .
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