Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.

Hollywood prefers the golden hour, after which Matthew Specktor has titled his rich, atmospheric second memoir. Gold as in money; gold as in sunshine — and, increasingly, gold as in old.

Art, commerce, Hollywood and family drama collide in ‘The Californians’ Much of the action in Brian Castleberry’s new novel, “The Californians,” takes place in Palm Springs.

Matthew Specktor grew up the son of a famous Hollywood agent. In The Golden Hour he serves up family saga, cultural criticism, fictionalized biography, history and lament for a vanishing world.