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A atomictonytiki Tiki Socialite Spain Joined: May 14, 2002 Posts: 1322	A atomictonytiki Posted posted on Thu, Dec 11, 2008 11:35 AM James Ellroy's short story "HUSH-HUSH" he writes about "The Luau" and he doesn't portray Steven Crane in a very flattering light The Luau: A tiki-torchlit restaurant rendezvous on Rodeo Drive. A mecca for movie-biz mavens and Beverly Hills business boys. Big booths and baroque backlighting. Tricked-up tropical trappings. Rambunctious rum drinks and rumaki sticks at the bamboo bar. A polyurethane Polynesian paradise--with peekaboo posts perched behind wall panels by the bar and the ladies' too. Steve Crane owned the Luau. Steve loved to lurk and look. He voyeur-vamped the joint every night. HUSH-HUSH reprinted in CRIME WAVE (James Ellroy 1999)

James Ellroy's short story "HUSH-HUSH" he writes about "The Luau" and he doesn't portray Steven Crane in a very flattering light

The Luau:
A tiki-torchlit restaurant rendezvous on Rodeo Drive. A mecca for movie-biz mavens and Beverly Hills business boys. Big booths and baroque backlighting. Tricked-up tropical trappings. Rambunctious rum drinks and rumaki sticks at the bamboo bar. A polyurethane Polynesian paradise--with peekaboo posts perched behind wall panels by the bar and the ladies' too.
Steve Crane owned the Luau. Steve loved to lurk and look. He voyeur-vamped the joint every night.

HUSH-HUSH reprinted in CRIME WAVE (James Ellroy 1999)

Post #423266 by atomictonytiki on Thu, Dec 11, 2008 11:35 AM