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Sunset Stripped by M. D. Baer

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Sunset Stripped

Author
M. D. Baer
Narrator
Jamie Cohen
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Publish Date
1 January 2006
Run Time
6 hours 49 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Fiction: general and literary
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What to expect

Willie Talburt, a talented but down-and-out screenwriter, thinks his luck is changing when he snatches $300 off a drunk’s shoes at a legendary West Hollywood bistro and then meets exotic Veronica Blainewell. He would do anything to see his name on one of the giant billboards that loom high over the Sunset Strip, and she offers him the chance. But the deal and the dame don’t turn out to be as sweet as Willie’s dreams.

Sunset Stripped is a cautionary tale concerning sexual obsession, blackmail, and murder. It’s the roaring ’80s, a time of greed, cocaine, and Iran-Contra. Narcissism is the fashion, AIDS is the new reality, and Ronald Reagan is snoozing at the wheel.

Critics Review

  • “Actor Jamie Cohen, impersonating the charmless, screenwriting hero-narrator, does a workmanlike job with this fare.”

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  • “M.D. Baer’s wickedly barbed novel, Sunset Stripped, is a hip, steamy Chandler-esque tribute to the pulps of the ’40s with a tip of modern-day outrage.”

    Audioworld

  • “M.D. Baer’s writing genius lies in his heady mixture of slick contemporary characters with the artistic complexity of a James Joyce and the tight plot and droll humor of the best Raymond Chandler pulp. The most minor character comes to life.”

    Lone Star Internet Culture Café

  • “M.D. Baer’s Sunset Stripped delivers MORE than it promises.”

    Diane Chapman, host of High Visibility

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Details
Author
M. D. Baer
Narrator
Jamie Cohen
Duration
6 hours 49 minutes
Release Date
1 January 2006
ISBN
9781481564632
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Genre
Fiction: general and literary

Synopsis

Willie Talburt, a talented but down-and-out screenwriter, thinks his luck is changing when he snatches $300 off a drunk’s shoes at a legendary West Hollywood bistro and then meets exotic Veronica Blainewell. He would do anything to see his name on one of the giant billboards that loom high over the Sunset Strip, and she offers him the chance. But the deal and the dame don’t turn out to be as sweet as Willie’s dreams.Sunset Stripped is a cautionary tale concerning sexual obsession, blackmail, and murder. It’s the roaring ’80s, a time of greed, cocaine, and Iran-Contra. Narcissism is the fashion, AIDS is the new reality, and Ronald Reagan is snoozing at the wheel.

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