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The Los Angeles Diaries: A Memoir

by James Brown · 2003

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This is the memoir of a top Hollywood screenwriter coping with addiction.

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addictionaddictionMore like thisLess of thissuicidesuicideMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 202 pages

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