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she may be watching the Watts riots from the penthouse of the Chateau Marmont

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and fearmongering at federal and local levels

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and the chickens slaughtered by family servants—these animals frame and inform a haunting picture of a doomed childhood in a riven society

Merton of the Movies Version:Print she may be watching theMerton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called the best book about 20th century American youth, follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gills unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors hes idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading mannot some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness