Nowinpaperback--fromsurfmusictohot-rodrecordstothesunnypopoftheBeachBoys,Jan&Dean,theByrds,andtheMama’s&thePapa’s,HollywoodEdencapturesthefreshblossomofayounggenerationwhocametogetherintheepicspringofthe1960stoinventthemythoftheCaliforniaParadise.Centraltothestoryisagroupofsun-kissedteensfromtheUniversityHighSchoolclassof1958--aclassthatincludedJan&Dean,NancySinatra,andfuturemembersoftheBeachBoys--whocameofageinLosAngelesatthedawnofanewgoldenerawhenanythingseemedpossible.ThesewerethepeoplewhoinventedtheideaofmodernCaliforniafortherestoftheworld.Buttheirownprivatestrugglesbeliedtheparadiseportrayedintheirmusic.Whatbeganasalight-heartedfrolicundersunnyskiesendedupcrashingdowntoearthjustafewshortbutaction-packedyearslateras,onebyone,eachmettheirdestinieshead-on.Arock’n’rolloperaloadedwithviolence,deceit,intrigue,lowcomedy,andhighdrama,HollywoodEdentellsthestoryofagroupofyoungartistsandmusicianswhobumpedheads,crashedcars,andultimatelyflewtooclosetothesun.
