{"product_id":"queer-people-a-madcap-jazz-age-satire-of-hollywoods-scandalous-eccentrics-9798994580004","title":"Queer People: A Madcap Jazz Age Satire of Hollywood's Scandalous Eccentrics","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe lost Hollywood novel that scandalized an industry - back in print after 50 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Queer\" is used in its 1913 Webster's Dictionary sense - strange, eccentric, unconventional - a celebration of the gloriously oddball characters of 1920s Hollywood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1930, Queer People was the insider takedown that set Hollywood's hair on end: a wickedly funny roman à clef by two journalists who actually worked inside the studio system. Irving Thalberg, John Gilbert, Louella Parsons, and many more, appear thinly veiled in a satire so accurate that when Howard Hughes bought the film rights, no actor would agree to play themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis carefully restored scholarly edition includes the complete original text, a new foreword by noted film historian Chris Yogerst, a vintage map of the book's Hollywood locations, and a publisher's afterword providing full historical context. The direct ancestor of The Studio, The Player, Sunset Boulevard, and contemporary Hollywood satire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"About as funny as anything I've ever read.\" - Graydon Carter, former editor of Vanity Fair, in The New York Times (2025)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Satirizes Hollywood in almost libelous terms... set Hollywood's hair on end.\" - TIME Magazine (1931)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The best work that has appeared in this field... an extremely entertaining one.\" - New York Times (1930)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCourse adoption potential for Film Studies, American Literature, and Cultural History programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvailable in paperback, hardcover, ebook, and audiobook.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carroll And Garrett Graham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Starshells of Madness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994580004","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Carroll And Garrett Graham \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47834205946013,"sku":"9798994580004","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_81a0dc13-48b2-42b7-a8ee-5a5bf990ce3e.jpg?v=1776146308","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/queer-people-a-madcap-jazz-age-satire-of-hollywoods-scandalous-eccentrics-9798994580004","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}