{"product_id":"babylon-heights","title":"Babylon Heights","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you put four dwarfs in one room with enough opium and alcohol, it's bound to end in tears...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1935 MGM studios embarked on a movie adaptation of L. Frank Baum's \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz. \u003c\/i\u003eThe production called for the casting of many dwarfs to play the Munchkins of the mythical Land of Oz and the studio began recruiting 'small persons' from all over the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring production, rumours spread around Hollywood of wild Munchkin sex orgies, drunken behavior and general dwarf debauchery. More sinisterly, a Munchkin is said to have committed suicide by hanging himself on the set during filming - what appears to be a small human body is clearly visible hanging from a tree in the Tin Man scene. It is a claim that has passed into Hollywood legend. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in a hotel room in Culver City, California, \u003ci\u003eBabylon Heights\u003c\/i\u003e is Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh's scabrous and hilarious imagining of what could, very possibly, have led to that dwarf suicide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBabylon Heights\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at the Exit Theatre, San Francisco, in June 2006.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221366264152,"sku":"9780099505983","price":18.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099505983.jpg?v=1777046462","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/babylon-heights","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}