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Arthur Lyons


Born
in Los Angeles, California, The United States
January 05, 1946

Died
March 21, 2008

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A member of the Palm Springs City Council from 1992-1995. Authored 21 books and numerous mystery novels. His 1986 novel "Castles Burning," which took place in Palm Springs, furnished the basis for the telemovie "Slow Burn" with Johnny Depp. Author of "Death on the Cheap -- The Lost B Movies of Film Noir.". ...more

Average rating: 3.5 · 647 ratings · 89 reviews · 56 distinct worksSimilar authors
Satan Wants You: The Cult o...

3.61 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions
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Death on the Cheap: The Los...

3.75 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions
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The Dead Are Discreet

3.35 avg rating — 46 ratings6 editions
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The Killing Floor

3.64 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1976 — 9 editions
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All God's Children

3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1975 — 7 editions
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Dead Ringer

3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions
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Castles Burning (Jacob Asch...

3.59 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1980 — 6 editions
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Three With a Bullet

3.25 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1985 — 10 editions
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False Pretenses

3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions
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Hard Trade

3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1981 — 10 editions
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“The sabbats of the old days have come to life in a new form-- the outdoor rock festival. Both serve as a cathartic release from the drudgeries of daily secular existence. Those young people in attendance at the concerts are, for the most part, those who label themselves proudly the "new generation," those who, like the European serf, feel a profound schism between themselves and the establishment. At the concerts, as at the sabbats, there is throbbing, hypnotic music, widespread use of hallucinogenic drugs by the celebrants, an escape into animality...”
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