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James Aylott

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James Aylott is a former sharp-elbowed Hollywood paparazzo and ruthless supermarket tabloid photo editor. His award-winning debut novel, Tales from The Beach House, was both critically acclaimed and a hit. His follow-up work of fiction, Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers is set in St. Louis, Missouri, one of America’s most dangerous cities. The author took inspiration not only from the colorful characters he met while embedding himself in the real estate business but also from the mayhem of everyday life on the wild streets of St. Louis. James Aylott is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and King’s College, London. He is happy to call a leafy suburb of St. Louis, Missouri his home.

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	Tales from the Beach House 3.94 avg rating — 410 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers - Released Today

For my second novel ‘Tales of Whiskey Tango from Misery Towers’, I traded the sharp-elbowed world of tabloid journalism for the equally cutthroat business of Real Estate. Sunsoaked South Florida has been switched out for the beaten-up Rustbelt city of St. Louis. The premise, however, interwoven tales of quirky outlandish neighbors living in a rundown apartment building remains; as does the Chaucer Read more of this blog post »

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James Aylott and 2 other people liked Dennis Rose's review of Tishomingo Blues: "TISHOMINGO BLUES by ELMORE LEONARD is an excellent story and Leonard is a super good writer. This is probably my 5th or 6th book I've read by him. I would not waste my time reading garbage. I figured out Leonard's writing style, took me a while. He d" Read more of this review »
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Syd Field’s bio in the first chapters of this book was incredible, and even if you have zero interest in writing a screenplay, it was worth reading. The bad news about this book: adapting a book into a screenplay is a little more complicated than I h ...more
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