California Chronicals

STORIES SET IN THE
GOLDEN STATE

Immerse yourself in California culture with these novels set in the vibrant and varied settings of cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco

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"We want to get to the glitters of los Angeles or Hollywood before the all the bars close, in my mind’s eye I see all the wonderful things (he) has planned for us there and see."
Lonesome Traveler by Jack Kerouac

Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski (1982)

"Gathered around me were the weak instead of the strong, the ugly instead of the beautiful, the losers instead of the winners. It looked...

Dharma bums by Jack Kerouac (1958)

"But it sure felt great and suddenly I realized this would do me a lot of good and get me away from drinking and maybe make me appreciate...

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (1968)

"We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget. We forget the loves and the betrayals alike, forget what we...

Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson (1966)

“The only way to write honestly about the scene is to be part of it. If there is one quick truism about psychedelic drugs, it is that...

Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Elis (1985)

“I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I...

Sex & Rage by Eve Babitz (1979)

"But luck is like beauty or diamond earrings: people who have it cannot simply stay home and receive compliments unless they've an...

Play It As It Lay by Joan Didion (1970)

“She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on.” Title :...

Slow Days and Fast Company by Eve Babitz (1977)

"Did it mean that we were going to have to be gloomy now that we were about to be thirty? Or maybe she was in love with him and it ate up...

The White Album by Joan Didion (1979)

"That night I learned for the first time that my face to the world was not necessarily the face in my mirror. " Title : White Album...

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac (1962)

“When you remain in solitude do not think of the amusement in the town…you should turn your mind inwardly, and then you’ll find your way”...

Electric Koll Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (1968)

“His theory was that most people live fantasy lives. They live totally in the past or in terms of what they expect in the future, which...

Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz (1974)

"She seduced me that summer to trails of corrupt and luxurious entertainments of the moments." SUMMARY Eve's Hollywood by Eve Babitz...