{"id":1361,"date":"2014-09-25T16:35:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T04:06:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2016-03-30T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T19:49:07","slug":"bruckman-rare-book-friends-talk-kim-cooper-and-richard-schave-on-the-kept-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavatransforms.local\/2014\/09\/25\/bruckman-rare-book-friends-talk-kim-cooper-and-richard-schave-on-the-kept-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruckman Rare Book Friends Talk: Kim Cooper and Richard Schave on “The Kept Girl”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bruckman Rare Book Friends present Kim Cooper discussing and signing copies of her latest book, The Kept Girl,<\/a><\/em> a 1920s mystery starring the young Raymond Chandler, his devoted secretary and the real-life Philip Marlowe all on the trail of a murderous cult of angel worshippers.<\/p>\n

Accompanying Kim is her husband Richard Schave, her partner in Esotouric bus adventures<\/a> and LAVA – the Los Angeles Visionaries Association<\/a>, and the designer of this 1940s-inspired paperback, the debut publication of their L.A.-focused press, Esotouric Ink.<\/p>\n

Kim’s illustrated talk will draw on her years of research into the lost lore of Los Angeles, with a focus on the bizarre Great Eleven cult, which began just above the library on Bunker Hill and ensnared dozens of credulous Angelenos in their mystical rites before one disgruntled ex-believer brought the whole enterprise tumbling down. You’ll hear about Raymond Chandler’s pre-literary life as a downtown oil company executive, the idealistic L.A. policeman who is a likely model for Philip Marlowe, the real woman who inspired the character of Chandler’s secretary Muriel, and the terrible secrets revealed by the fraud investigation in the Great Eleven’s activities.<\/p>\n

Richard will share insights into how he used cutting edge computing tools to evoke the look and feel of a mid-century book, and Kim will talk about the deluxe Art Deco wraps created for the Subscribers, whose pre-publication support covered a big chunk of the print cost.  Copies of the paperback and deluxe Art Deco Subscribers’ edition will be available for purchase after the talk.  <\/span><\/p>\n

Read LAPL Librarian Robert Anderson’s review of <\/span>The Kept Girl <\/em>here<\/a>. Read Kim Cooper’s love letter to Central Library <\/span>here<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Validated parking is just $1.00 with library card <\/span>at Westlawn Garage, 524 South Flower Street. <\/span>For ADA accommodations, call (213) 228-7430 at least 72 hours prior to the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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