This is a story of desire and decadence, of the pursuit of fame and youth wasted in the striving for the adoration of the millions. Young and old, successful and the discarded, all are stripped naked in Hollywood. Young studio assistants and hangers-on troll the backstreets and back rooms of Los Angeles's trendiest neighborhoods looking for their next deal, their next sex partner, the next opportunity to make it big. Across town and in the office next door, studio executives, agents and producers weave a conspiracy of gossip, lies and publicity to sell their wares, fool the public and hide their deeds and desires from the glare of day. In the shadows of the sun-soaked palm-lined City of the Angels, all bets are off and everything's for sale. There are 2 Hollywoods, one that outsiders aspire to and one insiders protect at all costs. *Revised 2nd edition*