-Titulo Original : The Castle On Sunset Life, Death, Love, Art, And Scandal At Hollywoods Chateau Marmont
-Fabricante :
Doubleday
-Descripcion Original:
The definitive-and salacious-history of the iconic hotel that Hollywood stars have called a home away from home for almost a century.“Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight.... This is the definitive book about Hollywood’s most storied hotel.” -Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of WildSince 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: where director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose; and Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. But despite its mythic reputation, much of what has happened inside the Chateau’s walls has eluded the public eye-until now. With wit and insight, Shawn Levy recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons, the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, the births and deaths to which the hotel has been a party. Vivid, salacious, and richly informed, The Castle on Sunset is a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from inside the walls of its most hallowed hotel. Review “Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight, The Castle on Sunset is a must-read for anyone interested in the rich and racy history of Tinseltown. Shawn Levy’s entertaining and deeply researched biography of a building chronicles experiences both glamorous and sordid, historical and contemporary. This is the definitive book about Hollywood’s most storied hotel.” -Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Reading The Castle on Sunset, I felt like I was sneaking around the hallways of the Chateau after midnight and peering through keyholes in history. Shawn Levy pulls back the velvet curtains to reveal all the decadence, glamour, ghosts and gossip of a fabled and dreamy Hollywood. Lovingly researched and wonderfully dishy.” -Joe Hagan, author of the national bestseller Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine“Alongside an endless supply of famous guests, Levy has managed to make the hotel itself a living, breathing, and wonderfully endearing character. The Castle on Sunset is thoughtfully researched and gorgeously executed.” -Jacob Tomsky, New York Times bestselling author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality “I want to live inside this book!” -Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six“The great chronicler of films and pop culture has done it again. With The Castle on Sunset Shawn Levy uncovers one of Hollywoods most elusive, and delicious, sagas-the life and times of the Chateau Marmont. For ninety years the grand, intimate hotel perched above Los Angeles Sunset Strip has been the respite of choice for the worlds most famous and notorious celebrities to sleep, work and indulge themselves in something like solitude.... As elegant and naughty as the hotels guests, The Castle on Sunset tells a secret history of American film, fame, and decadence. Its a spellbinding read.” -Peter Ames Carlin, New York Times bestselling author of Bruce and Homeward Bound“An irresistible, deliciously dishy deep-dive into the many lives of the storied Chateau Marmont, told in prose so witty and alive, you feel youre sitting at the bar with Dominick Dunne. This is a book worthy of its glamorous, alluring subject.”-Wednesday Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue and Untrue“It seems half of Hollywood, past and present, have either lived, worked, had an affair, drugged, or died at the Chateau Marmont. Filled with show business stories and lore, etched against the backdrop of an ever-changing L.A., The Castle on Sunset gives the Marmont the splendid biography it deserves.” -Steven Gaines, New York Times bestsellin
-Fabricante :
Doubleday
-Descripcion Original:
The definitive-and salacious-history of the iconic hotel that Hollywood stars have called a home away from home for almost a century.“Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight.... This is the definitive book about Hollywood’s most storied hotel.” -Cheryl Strayed, bestselling author of WildSince 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second home. An apartment building-turned-hotel, the Chateau has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: where director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Jim Morrison swung from the balconies; John Belushi suffered a fatal overdose; and Lindsay Lohan got the boot after racking up nearly $50,000 in charges in less than two months. But despite its mythic reputation, much of what has happened inside the Chateau’s walls has eluded the public eye-until now. With wit and insight, Shawn Levy recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons, the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, the births and deaths to which the hotel has been a party. Vivid, salacious, and richly informed, The Castle on Sunset is a glittering tribute to Hollywood as seen from inside the walls of its most hallowed hotel. Review “Fascinating, dishy, and glimmering with insight, The Castle on Sunset is a must-read for anyone interested in the rich and racy history of Tinseltown. Shawn Levy’s entertaining and deeply researched biography of a building chronicles experiences both glamorous and sordid, historical and contemporary. This is the definitive book about Hollywood’s most storied hotel.” -Cheryl Strayed, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wild Reading The Castle on Sunset, I felt like I was sneaking around the hallways of the Chateau after midnight and peering through keyholes in history. Shawn Levy pulls back the velvet curtains to reveal all the decadence, glamour, ghosts and gossip of a fabled and dreamy Hollywood. Lovingly researched and wonderfully dishy.” -Joe Hagan, author of the national bestseller Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine“Alongside an endless supply of famous guests, Levy has managed to make the hotel itself a living, breathing, and wonderfully endearing character. The Castle on Sunset is thoughtfully researched and gorgeously executed.” -Jacob Tomsky, New York Times bestselling author of Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality “I want to live inside this book!” -Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six“The great chronicler of films and pop culture has done it again. With The Castle on Sunset Shawn Levy uncovers one of Hollywoods most elusive, and delicious, sagas-the life and times of the Chateau Marmont. For ninety years the grand, intimate hotel perched above Los Angeles Sunset Strip has been the respite of choice for the worlds most famous and notorious celebrities to sleep, work and indulge themselves in something like solitude.... As elegant and naughty as the hotels guests, The Castle on Sunset tells a secret history of American film, fame, and decadence. Its a spellbinding read.” -Peter Ames Carlin, New York Times bestselling author of Bruce and Homeward Bound“An irresistible, deliciously dishy deep-dive into the many lives of the storied Chateau Marmont, told in prose so witty and alive, you feel youre sitting at the bar with Dominick Dunne. This is a book worthy of its glamorous, alluring subject.”-Wednesday Martin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue and Untrue“It seems half of Hollywood, past and present, have either lived, worked, had an affair, drugged, or died at the Chateau Marmont. Filled with show business stories and lore, etched against the backdrop of an ever-changing L.A., The Castle on Sunset gives the Marmont the splendid biography it deserves.” -Steven Gaines, New York Times bestsellin
