Book: Beverly Hills Dead

March 22nd, 2008
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Book: Beverly Hills Dead

I haven’t been reading much lately – I just haven’t felt like it. I’m usually a two to three book a week person so my dry spell has been a little odd, but I’ve rolled with it.

Today I snuggled into the couch with my dogs, my Kindle, and Stuart Woods latest book – Beverly Hills Dead. Woods is one of my top five "mental floss" writers. I was finished it a couple of hours later and am pleased that my reading drought is over.

In Beverly Hills Dead Woods winds the clock back to the 1940’s and post-World War II Hollywood. The book works through the story of the early days of Woods’ characters Rick Barron and Vance Calder. The story and intrigue is good, but I especially liked the Hollywood anti-communist theme that the book was built around as it nicely complimented Good Night, and Good Luck.

While there is nothing special here if you aren’t a Stuart Woods fan, if you are looking for mental floss, give Woods a shot.

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21285 CommentsBook%3A+Beverly+Hills+Dead2008-03-23+05%3A26%3A54Brad+Feld on “Book: Beverly Hills Dead”

cotter cunningham January 7th, 2009 1:55 am
mental floss? sorry i dont get it…
Kris January 7th, 2009 1:55 am
Cotter, mental floss is the stuff you read to just unwind (as opposed to mental exercise; the stuff you read to stay sharp/up on business or technology).

Brad – Who are the others in the top 5 authors, Stuart Woods, Harlan Coban and…?
bfeld January 7th, 2009 1:55 am
Baldacci, Eisler, and Lehane.
bfeld January 7th, 2009 1:55 am
Kris defines it nicely below. My mom calls it "junk fiction." Fiction that clears the brain.
cotter cunningham January 7th, 2009 1:55 am
got it thanks – thats what i suspected, just didnt get the floss. grisham, Christopher Buckley, etc etc for me!