{"product_id":"too-l-a-letters-never-sent-but-some-were-9781805467816","title":"Too L.A.: Letters Never Sent (But Some Were)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe letters of the queen of the midcentury California scene, gathered here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003eIn between the partying, the drugs, the love affairs, the 'squalid overboogie' of it all, Eve Babitz made time to chronicle the world as she saw it in works like Eve's Hollywood; Slow Days, Fast Company and Sex and Rage. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Babitz considered her letters 'the kind of writing I do best,' calling them 'practically a diary,' and rarely depositing them into a mailbox. Her missives to friends like Joseph Heller, Annie Leibovitz, Paul Ruscha and Steve Martin - fresh and frank, dashing and droll - are irresistible, as highly spirited as they are acutely perceptive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Too L.A., Babitz's biographer, Lili Anolik, has performed a remarkable feat, not only raising these letters from the tomb but accompanying them with informative and irreverent commentary, guiding the reader through the uproarious lifelong party that was Eve Babitz's real masterpiece.\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781805467816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Main\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 29 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.6(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eEve Babitz (1943-2021) was born in Hollywood, California. She played chess naked with Marcel Duchamp,and designed album covers for, among others, Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds, before publishing eight books,including \u003ci\u003eEve's Hollywood\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSlow Days, Fast Company\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSex \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand Rage \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eI Used to Be Charming.\u003c\/i\u003eLili Anolik was born nowhere near Hollywood, and has never played chess, naked or otherwise. She is a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent book is \u003ci\u003eDidion \u0026amp; Babitz.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003eLili Anolik calls these letters \u003cb\u003ethe author's \"most consequential work\"\u003c\/b\u003e, and it's hard to disagree while enjoying the\u003cb\u003e bountiful energy that fizzes off every page\u003c\/b\u003e * TLS *\u003cbr\u003e[Babitz's letters offer] \u003cb\u003ea portrait of an artist in the process of inventing herself\u003c\/b\u003e... drafting, revising, perfecting, becoming * The Atlantic *\u003cbr\u003eIn masterpieces of her own devising, Eve Babitz (persona) is a bona fide sex goddess with Jim Morrison between her thighs. In her private correspondence, Eve Babitz (person) is \u003cb\u003eBridget Jones on acid\u003c\/b\u003e * The Spectator *\u003cbr\u003eIt might be said of Babitz, as Oscar Wilde said of his life, that she spent her talent on her writing and reserved her genius for her life. Sculpting her natural gifts of wit and brazenness into a living artwork dazzled all who came within her orbit. \u003cb\u003eHer lust for life was palpable. The letters are proof\u003c\/b\u003e * LA TImes *\u003cbr\u003eOn the page, \u003cb\u003eBabitz is pure pleasure\u003c\/b\u003e - a perpetual-motion machine of no-stakes elation and champagne fizz -- Jia Tolentino * The New Yorker *","brand":"Eve Babitz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628754145497,"sku":"9781805467816","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781805467816_7609164b-cf36-48ca-a4a5-4dd3105903c5.jpg?v=1791458747","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/too-l-a-letters-never-sent-but-some-were-9781805467816","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}