Nonfiction

We welcome Portland author Shawn Levy to the store, reading from his newest book, The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont. For ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favored the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. Perched above the Sunset Strip like a fairytale castle, the Chateau seems to come from another world entirely. Its singular appearance houses an equally singular history. An apartment house-turned-hotel, it has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore. Much of what's happened inside the Chateau's walls has eluded the public eye. Until now. With wit and insight, Levy recounts the wild revelries and scandalous liaisons, the creative breakthroughs and marital breakdowns, the births and deaths that the Chateau…