Everybody Smokes in Hell

About this book

John Ridley -- author of Stray Dogs and Love Is a Racket -- is back with a scathingly funny outrageous new novel that chronicles the mayhem unleashed by the misadventures of one hapless young man trying to make it in Hollywood. Paris Scott cant make anything work out. A failed Hollywood screenwriter he works nights at a convenience store and drives a 74 Gremlin. And he was just dumped by his best girl. But when the last master tape of a freshly-suicided rock star and a small fortunes worth of stolen drugs fall into his lap he seems to have stumbled on the key to his dreams. It might as well be a neutron bomb. Although the people who want the dope get themselves dangerously confused with the people who want the tape its clear to everyone that Paris is the target. And how does a guy whos wanted dead stay alive? "Get out of town get some money then get more out of town." Paris puts his Gremlin in gear and the resulting chase and chain- reaction madness stretches from Los Angeles to Las Vegas leaving a trail of blood bodies and broken hearts in its wake. Dope dealers Hollywood agents two-bit criminals three-bit criminals waitresses rock stars strippers beautiful women not-so-beautiful women honest working Joes and psychopaths -- no one comes out clean in this raucous romp-and-stomp. Its John Ridley at his most devilishly sly laying out proof that without a doubt everybody smokes in hell.