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WINNER! Writer's Digest 17th Annual Self-Published Book Awards (Humor Category)

2010 Independent Publisher Award Winner SILVER MEDAL -- Humor

Foreword Reviews Book of the Year  Award Winner BRONZE MEDAL -- Humor

Have you ever been to Los Angeles? Have you ever strolled among its denizens? Have you ever lived next door to any of its countless eccentrics? Writer and L.A. native Joe Dungan has. He’s been writing about Los Angeles and its colorful inhabitants for years. And when you read about Joe’s L.A.—when you ENCOUNTER all the characters, misfits, crackpots, and cream puffs Joe has run across—you’ll discover a side of L.A. that you’ve never seen before. This collection of classic columns will put a smile on your face and a shot of espresso in your heart. “With just half a Splenda, if you please.” Dungan's work is more than just a “kooks in L.A.” story. It is life in L.A. It is a wonderful perspective on the weather, the freeways, the traditions and landmarks, the funny way we talk, you name it. If you've ever been in L.A., or plan to be, this book is requisite reading. —Russ Woody, writer/producer, Murphy Brown, Mad About You, Cybill, Becker, The Drew Carey Show There's no middle ground with L.A. Nuts -- as someone who's lived in Los Angeles since I was 21, I've learned that this is not really the city of angels, but the capital city of extreme, idiosyncratic characters who never cease to surprise. And that's what this book is: an unapologetic, funny and unusual travel guide to a city that keeps therapists working overtime. —Peter Greenberg, travel editor, NBC’s Today show I've read some classic novels more than once. The Catcher in the Rye and A Clockwork Orange come to mind. But I've NEVER read a book of brilliant, biting comic essays twice. Joe Dungan's L.A. Nuts is now the exception. Not only is it PERFECT toilet reading (with all due respect to Mr. Dungan's incomparable writing), but never, ever has Los Angeles been written about like this. This book is STUFFED with both huge laughs and permissions to think a little deeper about our crazy, f'd-up world. A new American classic if ever there was one. —Max Koch, host, Max Koch’s Mimosa Joe Dungan has a million stories. No, that’s an exaggeration. But he has a lot of them, and they’re about L.A. Joe knows about voter fraud in Vernon, blackjack in Compton, and the Tower of Wooden Pallets in Sherman Oaks. And crazy actresses. And what it means to be on the periphery of a place that only has edges and nothing like a center. Joe has a jaundiced eye and an artful way with just a few words. L.A. can be treacherous and heartbreaking. And you won’t find a better guide than Joe. —D.J. Waldie, author of Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir L.A. Nuts is a delicious can of toasted characters and crunchy trivia treats for L.A. residents and visitors alike. Hilarious snapshots of the wildly eccentric in Los Angeles. —Joan Wai, author, Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in Los Angeles