Shangri-La (1946 song) Shangri-La (1946 song) "Shangri-La" is a popular song written by bandleader Matty Malneck and Robert Maxwell in 1946 with lyrics by Carl Sigman. The term comes from "Shangri-La" as the hidden valley of delight in James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon". The term "Shangri-La," especially in the 1930s and 1940s, was slang for heaven or paradise, and the song is about the joy of being in love. Composer Maxwell's instrumental version (saxophone/organ lead with brass and rhythm), which featured his harp solo, which is heard in the introduction as well as in the coda section of the song, charted in
Another Day in Paradise (novel) on an ever-tightening spiral to hell, his crimes escalating until they include murder. The plot, which highlights Bobbie's increasing dependence on the highs of violence, emphasizes a frightening reality. On January 27, 2006, in the Moscow-based alternative newspaper "the eXile", essayist John Dolan leveled charges of plagiarism against James Frey, author of "A Million Little Pieces", accusing him of lifting material from "Another Day in Paradise" and another Little work, "Steel Toes". Neither Frey, nor his publisher Random House, have addressed the allegations of plagiarism. Another Day in Paradise (novel) Another Day in Paradise is a novel by Eddie Little