Hollywood, California U.S.A. It’s a town that exists in people’s dreams much more than it does in people’s realities. This is a story about the reality of Hollywood. The good. The bad. And, yes, the sometimes ugly…Fresh out of film school, 23-year-old Matt Burns books a flight to California and spends three days in Hollywood at his friend’s apartment right off Hollywood Boulevard. He explores the walk-of-fame, the Chinese Theater, the Hollywood Hills, Sunset Boulevard, Bel Air, Pink’s hotdog stand...he even makes a "pilgrimage" to the former residence of his favorite movie director: John Cassavetes. At first, Burns is hypnotized by the palm trees, the neon lights and the overall fact that he’s in frigging Hollywood, the ultimate “place to be”. But then the veil over Hollywood gradually starts to lift and he finds himself being exposed to a world of drugs, homelessness and an overall success-driven environment filled with bitterness and desperation.Burns’ unique writing style combines humor with thoughtful introspection, together creating both a fun and profound travel memoir. Not since Nathanael West’s "The Day of the Locust" has there been such an honest account of the fascinating and multi-faceted town that is Hollywood.