Lost Angeles

In the post-Watts Rebellion 1970s, Chester L. Simmons takes up the study of martial arts--Hapkido and Tae Kwon Do. Author Odie Hawkins, using his special blend of wry humor, incisiveness, and sensitivity, takes alter ego Simmons through that experience, as well as a series of misadventures writing movie and television scripts for Hollyweird studios.

Odie Hawkins, a graduate of DuSable High School in Chicago, a protégé of Dr. Margaret Burroughs, is considered to be, by many, an African American Master Storyteller.