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Goldsboro Books

978-1841591780

The Old Reliable

The Old Reliable

Publisher Herbert Jenkins

Genre: General Fiction

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  • Book Condition & Notes

    Near-fine first edition with slight bruising to top and bottom of spine and yellowing pages. In a near-fine, unclipped dust jacket with slight tears to top and bottom edges.

About the book

Following the death of Carmen Flores, the lubricious Mexican star, Adela Cork buys her Hollywood house. Hoping to escape from the domineering Adela, her brother-in-law Smedley, who has lived with her since losing his money, searches the house for Carmen's legendary lost diary, in the belief that its scorching revelations about the sex life of her fellow stars will make him millions. He is helped and hindered by a safe-blowing butler, a pompous movie mogul, a posse of unemployed scriptwriters, and the redoubtable Adela herself. Fortunately, Adela's sister, 'Bill' Shannon, not for nothing nicknamed 'The Old Reliable', is on hand to ensure a satisfactory outcome. A light comedy which is also a sharp satire on Hollywood mores.

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