What is the importance of Los Angeles in the collection, Table For Two?

Although it is only featured in "Eve in Hollywood," Los Angeles is the setting in Table for Two that has the most influence on a story's plot, as the character of Los Angeles itself—the ways in which it promotes ambition and dishonesty—is a subject of frequent conversation throughout this story. "Eve in Hollywood" is particularly interested in the underbelly of Los Angeles, not in its ritzy palaces of success but rather in its underworld of failure, which is populated by a number of individuals who range from sad to dangerous. Charlie and Prentice, for instance, are merely past the prime of their careers and are prepared to fade into obscurity, while Litsky and Wendell, still hungry for success, have begun to turn to alternative means in order to achieve the fame and security that they believe is available to them on the Golden Coast. In this sense, the themes of fame, class, and age that are explored throughout the novella in Table for Two would not take on the same character were they set elsewhere, and therefore Los Angeles serves as a primary setting of the collection both in terms of plot and theme.