![]() ![]() How then could the same writer be responsible for "Snake," a mess of a novel that is everything - derivative, unfocused, self-indulgent - "Wake for the Angels" is not? In the effort to construct a longer work of fiction, Woronov has somehow lost her way. In the 1960s she was a key member of Andy Warhol's Factory (an era recalled in her 1995 memoir, "Swimming Underground") before going on to star in cult film classics such as "Rock 'n' Roll High School" and "Eating Raoul." As with her performances, what was most compelling about her writing was its utter ruthlessness, its lack of anything resembling pity or self-absorption. Woronov had extensive experience in demimondes, both Hollywood and elsewhere. ![]() Combining dark, moody oil paintings with a series of loosely related short fiction vignettes, it functioned as a kind of psychic scrapbook, a collection of impressions and images detailing life in the Hollywood demimonde. ![]() Mary Woronov's first book, "Wake for the Angels," was one of those weird, inexplicable artifacts that seem to pop up out of nowhere. ![]()
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