Soap-Stud & Blue-Movie Girl

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Pub Date 8 Aug 2022 | Archive Date 12 Feb 2024

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'Soap-Stud & Blue-Movie Girl' are two audaciously satirical short novels; they are also fierce commentaries on the gender dynamics in an alternative 1990s Hollywood - a world where James Dean and Marilyn Monroe Kennedy are still living working legends.

'Soap-Stud' is the story of Jason Howl, a hunky California beach lifeguard spotted by a talent scout and groomed for minor television roles. The women he meets and romances, stars of yesteryear as well as today, are forever combating male privilege in Hollywood. Internet footage of a nude scene from the late-night soap Eldorado thrusts Jason into the blazing glare of runaway publicity. What happens to an actor whose fame is based more on notoriety than talent?

'Blue-Movie Girl' introduces us to Joylene Duchat, the estranged mixed-race daughter of a Louisiana televangelist. Tumultuous teenage years in Arizona lead to an encounter with a talent scout from the other side of the film industry.

Joylene reinvents herself as Pussy-Kat Kane, the sultry new Queen of Adult Movies. A gifted actress blessed with beauty and drive, will the Hollywood rulebook allow her to break out of porn into serious roles in mainstream pictures?

Be prepared to be entertained, provoked, and inspired.

'Soap-Stud & Blue-Movie Girl' are two audaciously satirical short novels; they are also fierce commentaries on the gender dynamics in an alternative 1990s Hollywood - a world where James Dean and...


Advance Praise

Godolphin has written a completely uncensored, witty and crazy view into life behind the scenes in both underground and overground Hollywood. The novel is littered with great wit and audaciously well crafted names of bit part players. Well written, by an obviously talented author. (Amazon, UK reader)

It is stylish, beautifully written and full of marvellous comedic moments, whilst harking back to the heyday of Jackie Collins and Harold Robbins - days when sex seemed more fun and less angst-ridden. Godolphin is an English writer, but with such an utterly convincing voice that one would think he was a longstanding Hollywood pro. (Amazon reader In Italy)

The book is interesting to read and written to be suitable for younger readers. It discusses the concept of being imperfect, and the dialogue keeps you interested throughout the read. I recommend this book to humorous fiction readers. (Amazon US reader)

Godolphin has written a completely uncensored, witty and crazy view into life behind the scenes in both underground and overground Hollywood. The novel is littered with great wit and audaciously...


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ISBN 9781839785160
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PAGES 216

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This is much more fun than even Kenneth Anger's Hollywood Babylon books and those La-la land documentaries about tinsel town that aired in the 1990s rolled up together. This doesn't mean that it's old-fashioned in style - I'd call it vintage, in that it is stylish, beautifully written and full of marvellous comedic moments, whilst harking back to the heyday of Jackie Collins and Harold Robbins - days when sex seemed more fun and less angst-ridden. Godolphin is an English writer, but with such an utterly convincing voice that one would think he was a longstanding Hollywood pro (forgive the innuendoes, not intended) preparing to spill the beans of what he has observed on set and in the trailers... He also gets what happens when stop at nothing ambition flowers in small-town America; there is also a wistfulness here that recalls Hopper's bar scenes.

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I wasn't sure what to expect as I started reading this book, but I'm glad I stuck with it. I found both stories to be entertaining and even funny. I liked the way David described their backstory and how that influenced where they wound up as the story unfolded. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

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Two high-octane tales from Hollywood.
SOAP-STUD: the rise to TV fame of a hunky lifeguard from San Diego.
BLUE-MOVIE GIRL: the rise to infamy of a mixed-race girl from Arizona who yearns to be an actress but settles for a career in porno.

I really enjoyed this duet. It really pulled me out of a reading slump. Will recommend to others.

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