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Adam Bregman

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Los Angeles, The United States

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Crime, Fiction

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Adam Bregman's debut novel is Angelino Heights. He has written extensively for the L.A. Times and L.A. Weekly, covering every aspect of the city. He has also contributed to more than 40 publications including the Stranger, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Phoenix and OC Weekly. He was born in Los Angeles and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. ...more

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Adam Bregman rated a book it was amazing Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties by Mike Davis	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
Blown away was I by these 640 pages of L.A. movement history. I was born in L.A. in 1971, so I don't recall any of the events in the book, but as an anarchist semi-activist in the late 1980s and early 1990s, this history (written in a lively fashion) ...more
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Disappointing, The Mansion is Faulkner in full decline. What an incredible amount of jibber-jabber this 436-page third book in the Snopes trilogy contains. I cannot recommend late-period Faulkner at all. Also, worth a miss is the second book in the t ...more
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