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With some books, one read just isn’t enough. That’s how I’ve always felt about this one. Every year or so I pull this slim volume off my shelf and read it again–sometimes cover-to-cover, sometimes just chapters that I’m especially in the mood for. Yes, I know it’s not PC to love L.A., but having gone to high school in the Valley (before the invention of Valley Girls) I can’t help it. L.A. is and always will be a part of me. And Eve Babitz is L.A. I’m so glad I bought this edition when it came out because the other covers are exceedingly boring compared to the amusing and arresting drawing of an Afghan Hound in a turtleneck sweater, sitting in a café. The ten jewel-like memoirs/stories take me to a different place that no longer exists except in my dreams. Babitz is a fabulous writer and a fascinating woman. Read it. I can say no more.