Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz And The Secret History Of L.A.

"One golden tale unravels into another in Lili Anolik’s stylish portrait of writer and bon vivant Eve Babitz. Immortalized in a photo depicting her playing chess – nude – with Marcel Duchamp, Babitz has a life full of boldfaced names and equally bold tales (beginning with her name, given to her by her godfather, Igor Stravinsky). A native Angeleno, Babitz was “discovered” as a writer by Joan Didion, though Anolik’s inventive biography, which began as a magazine profile, prompted the reissue of all of Babitz’s books, ushering in a Babitz revival."