![]() ![]() Jacobs heard that story back when she was working on her debut novel, “Catalina,” and it stuck with her as she wrote her follow-up, “The Worst Kind of Want.” Related: Sign up for our free newsletter about books, bestellers, authors and more They gathered in the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel for an evening and watched the events of the riots unfold on TV.” So, they didn’t feel safe in their mansions. “Everybody in Beverly Hills was very terrified that it was going to turn into a French Revolutionary type of thing. “I heard a story, which is true, that happened during the 1992 riots in Los Angeles,” says Jacobs by phone from Berlin, where she has been based since the beginning of this year. In “The Pink Hotel,” Liska Jacobs’ latest novel that’s in stores this week, the L.A.-raised author explores the gap between LA’s very wealthy and everyone else through the eyes of a Northern California couple whose exorbitant honeymoon will test their very new marriage. ![]() Inside the Pink Hotel, though, Los Angeles’ wealthiest residents and visitors indulge in luxurious spa days and lavish parties as the staff caters to their every whim. Outside, wildfires burn and protests unfold. ![]()
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