Thursday, December 28, 2017

MULHOLLAND FALLS- A novel by Robert Tine based on the screenplay by Pete Dexter

Finished We 12/27/17 This is a paperback that I'd never read. Bought on Sa 1/11/03 at the library paperback sale at the main branch.

Usually I don't waste my time on 'novelizations' that are based on a movie screenplays, but this wasn't bad. And it performed as intended- I will order the film from Netflix.

Set in Los Angeles- 1953, and features four detectives who consider themselves above the law. They are not corrupt personally, but will use 'any means necessary' to combat organized crime- constitutional rights be damned!

'Mulholland Falls' refers to Mulholland Drive. This is an east/west road that winds far above the canyons of Hollywood and LA. These cops throw off 'offenders' and they slide to the bottom and are seriously injured, but not killed. This is regarded as a kind of warning- Cease And Desist or Get Out Of Town!

The leader of this elite squad, Max Hoover is secretly involved with a beautiful starlet. This woman is also involved with an older man who runs an agency tied to the atomic energy program in Nevada. She is murdered and it's discovered that this agency has been doing experiments on civilians as to human resistance to radiation exposure. Certain government officials feel that she must be silenced because she is a security risk- The Law Be Damned.

Link to the movie's page at wikipedia-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulholland_Falls

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