Babylon Heights

by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh

Book Overview

In 1935 MGM Studios embarked on a movie adaptation of L. Frank Baum's 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'. The production called for the casting of many dwarfs to play Munchkins of the mythical Land of Oz, and the studio began recruiting "small persons" from all over the world. During production, rumors spread around Hollywood of wild Munchkin sex orgies, drunken behavior, and general dwarf debauchery. More sinisterly, a Munchkin is said to have committed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393329860
• ISBN13: 9780393329865
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Irvine Welsh's play...

This is a play by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh. If you enjoy Irvine Welsh, you'll like this play. It's a twisted tale of the "Wizard of Oz" munchkins, behind the scenes. It revolves around a few actors (little people) who room together during the filming of the movie. One is an angry opium-smoker. Another is a timid young man, and there is also a woman. We read of their interactions, dialogues, and opinions of things like the films production,and much, much more.