Crackpots

About the Book

Two stories under one cover.

THE BAKLA’S CROSS: The Philippine Republic is a grand place for fun and games. Angel Butol, ex-guerrilla, ex-policeman. and former supplier of film extras and other delights, gets involved with an American treasure hunter, a retired Japanese Major, and a Filipina “Bomba” star... she’s the sort makes naughty films. The problem with the adventure part is staying alive.

THE HIGH PRIESTESS: There’s not much one can’t find in Hollywood’s aerie version of early Greenwich Village. Hillsiders are forever seeking happiness. Some achieve it; others engage in fantasy. What happens to Lee McAdams could happen to anyone who loves old movies and dares live in the area. But beware of flatlanders... they are never what they

About the Author

Jan Merlin was born and raised in New York City. At the outset of WW II, he enlisted in the US Navy to serve as torpedoman aboard destroyers in the North Atlantic and South Pacific fleets, accumulating ten battle stars before entering Japan with the first Occupation Force group. Upon returning to civilian life, he enrolled in the prestigious Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater and made his Broadway debut in MISTER ROBERTS. A twice nominated Emmy award winning writer, his professional acting career includes being starred or featured in numerous plays, several hundred live and filmed televison appearances, and more than thirty motion picture films made in the United States and abroad.