Al Martinez, Author Thomas Dunne Books $22.95 (259p) ISBN 978-0-312-20901-8
The turbulent politics of the 1960s hasten the demise of an old-fashioned San Francisco newspaper in this entertaining but hollow fiction debut from Los Angeles Times columnist Al Martinez (Dancing Under the Moon; City of Angles). Twenty-four-year-ol
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Al Martinez, Author St. Martin's Press $18.95 (259p) ISBN 978-0-312-07692-4
A marvelous pileup of real-life L.A. vignettes to laugh, cry and groan over are collected here by the curmudgeonly Los Angeles Times columnist. Martinez, whose voice recalls equal parts of Jack Webb, Rumpole of the Bailey and Gertrude Stein, is not...
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Al Martinez, Author . St. Martin's/Dunne $23.95 (225p) ISBN 978-0-312-29087-0
Los Angeles Times columnist Martinez declares at the opening of this spunky though disappointing memoir that it isn't a where-to or how-to book, but rather a reflection on travel's soul-enriching benefits. Time spent looking at other places...
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