Rasheed Newson strikes again with his second novel, THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD! Get a SIGNED copy here :)
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Xavier C. Barlow, one of Hollywood’s young Black stars taking the industry by storm in the late 1950s, is Skyline Studios’s ambitious attempt to rival Sidney Poitier. His arrival into the industry is calculated, his charm is magnetic, and his seductive screen presence appeals to both audiences and celebrities across generations.
But years later, after Xavier dies at the height of his fame, Aaron Touissant—Skyline’s designated backlot fixer who helps the studio’s stars stay as deep in the closet as humanly possible—is finally ready to expose the powerful culprits responsible for his untimely death.
Written from Aaron's panoramic lens, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a searing portrait of the movie industry as a manicured minefield and a compelling journey into the queer history of Los Angeles.
PRAISE FOR THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD:
"Deliciously witty and packing enough erotic heat to make sensitive souls clutch their pearls, Rasheed Newson’s superb second novel brings us Xavier, a rising superstar determined to liberate queer Hollywood from a culture that demands silence and acquiescence. In studio boardrooms and backlots twinkling with VIPs named Poitier and Belafonte, unknowns try to become legends and heroes struggle to be heroic. Newson writes in technicolor—wow, are these pages alive!—and knows where the bodies are buried. Love, fame, war, religion, political freedom, big dreams and big money—There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a quintessential Hollywood novel and an LA classic for our times."
—Laura Warrell, author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty, Rhythm
Rasheed Newson strikes again with his second novel, THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD! Get a SIGNED copy here :)
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Xavier C. Barlow, one of Hollywood’s young Black stars taking the industry by storm in the late 1950s, is Skyline Studios’s ambitious attempt to rival Sidney Poitier. His arrival into the industry is calculated, his charm is magnetic, and his seductive screen presence appeals to both audiences and celebrities across generations.
But years later, after Xavier dies at the height of his fame, Aaron Touissant—Skyline’s designated backlot fixer who helps the studio’s stars stay as deep in the closet as humanly possible—is finally ready to expose the powerful culprits responsible for his untimely death.
Written from Aaron's panoramic lens, There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a searing portrait of the movie industry as a manicured minefield and a compelling journey into the queer history of Los Angeles.
PRAISE FOR THERE’S ONLY ONE SIN IN HOLLYWOOD:
"Deliciously witty and packing enough erotic heat to make sensitive souls clutch their pearls, Rasheed Newson’s superb second novel brings us Xavier, a rising superstar determined to liberate queer Hollywood from a culture that demands silence and acquiescence. In studio boardrooms and backlots twinkling with VIPs named Poitier and Belafonte, unknowns try to become legends and heroes struggle to be heroic. Newson writes in technicolor—wow, are these pages alive!—and knows where the bodies are buried. Love, fame, war, religion, political freedom, big dreams and big money—There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood is a quintessential Hollywood novel and an LA classic for our times."
—Laura Warrell, author of Sweet, Soft, Plenty, Rhythm
