Uninvited, Adrian Maher
Uninvited, Adrian Maher
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Uninvited
Confessions of a Hollywood Party Crasher

Author: Adrian Maher

Narrator: Adrian Maher

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/04/2020

Synopsis

Drawing on more than twenty years of interviews, anecdotes, and personal experiences, Uninvited recounts the unique journey of a former Los Angeles Times reporter who, struggling with the collapse of his industry and personal tragedies, falls in with a group of intrepid gatecrashers who routinely pierce Tinseltown’s celebrity party circuit.Author Adrian Maher is the first to chronicle this unique subterranean culture in La La Land—a group of social strivers, ambitious outliers, compulsive risk-takers, and dysfunctional characters seeking access to a famous and exclusive society from which they’ve been banned.Uninvited uses all the author’s skills as a veteran reporter, television producer, private investigator, archivist, and humorous storyteller to reveal the unseen capers, snafus, and mishaps behind Hollywood’s palace gates against a backdrop of America’s fascination with celebrity culture. And it exposes the personal struggles of an adrenaline-addicted gatecrasher facing perpetual moral challenges, physical dangers, and psychological stressors that culminate in near disaster.

About Adrian Maher

Adrian Maher was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, and a freelance journalist for UPI, Newsweek, Time, and the L.A. Weekly. He has written, directed, and produced dozens of television programs for Discovery, History, National Geographic, ABC, Fox, MSNBC, and Travel channels. Maher has also taught investigative journalism and documentary film production as an adjunct professor at Chapman University.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Liz

I cringed, I rooted for him and I was glad to see him ALMOST get arrested. Part gossip rag, part psychological observance. I felt for this guy. Knew I would hate him if I met him. But his stories (well most of them), kept me reading.......more

Goodreads review by Teena in Toronto

Adrian Maher was a reporter for the Los Angeles Times and a freelance journalist for some magazines. He has also written, directed and/or produced documentary television programs. He was also an event crasher, crashing everything from art shows, awards dinners, film festivals, celebrity parties and......more

Goodreads review by Ian

I loved Maher's book. I had no idea this subculture of party-crashers existed, an only-in-Los-Angeles story of people seeking the thrill of getting past security, rubbing elbows with celebs while devouring expensive food and drink, and then escaping with valuable party gift bags at evening's end. Th......more

Goodreads review by Judy

I feel like I’ve met this type of guy before, and I couldn’t wait to get away from him. Adrian Maher details a life driven by party crashing across LA, chasing basically the high of getting into soirées he wasn’t invited to. While I enjoyed the tales at a basic level, Maher writes with such pompous......more

Quotes

“Fun and fab comedic tattletale—an insiders peek into VIP life by former LA Times writer Adrian Maher, has celebs out shopping for a copy to see if they’re included.” Beverly Hills Times

“An uproarious account of his party-crashing adventures…Consider this your formal invitation to enjoy his madcap memoir.” Peter Richardson, author of No Simple Highway

“Takes us on a joyous romp through backstage Hollywood dodging security, public relations flacks, and his own conscience…Deliciously subversive.” James Rainey, senior reporter, Los Angeles Times

“A wackadoodle journey over, under, and around the velvet rope. A laugh-a-minute page-turner as dramatic as any multimillion-dollar blockbuster. Hilarious, gripping, and revealing.” Bill Kalmenson, host of podcast A Rebel Without Applause

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