by Irvine Welsh
First published 2006
In 1935, MGM's Wizard of Oz production hires dwarfs from around the world to play the Munchkins. But behind the scenes, rumors swirl of drunken debauchery, drug-fueled orgies, and even a Munchkin suicide. In a seedy hotel room, the unsavory truth of what really happened on set comes to light in this scabrous and hilarious imagining from the mind of Irvine Welsh.
Genres: drama, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century
Vibes: dark, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: dark-comedy, historical-fiction
Setting: MGM
Period: 1935
112 pages · Kindle Edition · W. W. Norton & Company
Content warnings: drug-use, sexual-content