Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory in `Dear Los Angeles´
(LA Times Books)

Even - and perhaps especially - for those of us who live in Los Angeles, it can be difficult to find a vantage point from which to view this strange and sundry city objectively, comprehensively. Fog and smog obscure, traffic congests, buildings dominate the skyline, mountains jut up out of nowhere,...