Everybody Smokes in Hell
Everybody Smokes in Hell by John Ridley is a First Edition novel published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. on August 17, 1999. This 256-page book presents a darkly comedic narrative centered on Paris Scott, a struggling Hollywood screenwriter whose life spirals into chaos after he inadvertently acquires a master tape from a deceased rock star and a stash of stolen drugs. As he navigates the treacherous landscape of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Paris finds himself pursued by a variety of unsavory characters, each with their own agendas.
Readers will encounter a whirlwind of misadventures as Paris attempts to escape his predicament, leading to a series of unpredictable events filled with humor and mayhem. The story features a diverse cast, including dope dealers, Hollywood agents, and various criminals, all contributing to the chaotic atmosphere. Ridley’s writing captures the absurdity of the situation, illustrating the lengths to which people will go in pursuit of their desires. This edition offers a unique glimpse into the darker side of ambition and survival in a world where everyone seems to have their own motives.
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John Ridley — author of Stray Dogs and Love Is a Racket — is back with a scathingly funny, outrageous new novel that chronicles the mayhem unleashed by the misadventures of one hapless young man trying to make it in Hollywood.
Paris Scott can’t make anything work out. A failed Hollywood screenwriter, he works nights at a convenience store, and drives a ’74 Gremlin. And he was just dumped by his best girl. But when the last master tape of a freshly-suicided rock star and a small fortune’s worth of stolen drugs fall into his lap, he seems to have stumbled on the key to his dreams.
It might as well be a neutron bomb.
Although the people who want the dope get themselves dangerously confused with the people who want the tape, it’s clear to everyone that Paris is the target. And how does a guy who’s wanted dead stay alive? “Get out of town, get some money, then get more out of town.” Paris puts his Gremlin in gear and the resulting chase and chain- reaction madness stretches from Los Angeles to Las Vegas leaving a trail of blood, bodies, and broken hearts in its wake.
Dope dealers, Hollywood agents, two-bit criminals, three-bit criminals, waitresses, rock stars, strippers, beautiful women, not-so-beautiful women, honest working Joes and psychopaths — no one comes out clean in this raucous romp-and-stomp. It’s John Ridley at his most devilishly sly, laying out proof that, without a doubt, everybody smokes in hell.
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