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Atria
October 2009
On Sale: September 29, 2009
Featuring: Ben Collier
512 pages
ISBN: 143915614X
EAN: 9781439156148
Hardcover
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THE ACCLAIMED, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
THE GOOD
GERMAN AND LOS ALAMOS RETURNS
WITH HIS MOST
ABSORBING AND ACCOMPLISHED
NOVEL YET -- A MESMERIZING
TALE OF HOLLYWOOD,
POSTWAR POLITICAL INTRIGUE, AND ONE
MAN'S
DETERMINATION TO LEARN THE TRUTH
ABOUT HIS
BROTHER'S DEATH. Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier has just arrived from war-torn
Europe to find that his brother, Daniel, has died in
mysterious circumstances. Why would a man with a beautiful
wife, a successful career in the movies, and a heroic past
choose to kill himself? Determined to uncover the truth,
Ben enters the maze of the studio system and the uneasy
world beneath the glossy shine of the movie business. For
this is the moment when politics and the dream factories are
beginning to collide as Communist witch hunts render the
biggest stars and star makers vulnerable. Even here, where
the devastation of Europe seems no more real than a painted
movie set, the war casts long and dangerous shadows. When
Ben learns troubling facts about his own family's past, he
is caught in the middle of a web of deception that shakes
his moral foundation to its core. Rich with atmosphere and
period detail, Stardust flawlessly blends fact and
fiction into a haunting thriller evoking both the glory days
of the movies and the emergence of a dark strain of American
political life. It brilliantly proves why Joseph Kanon has
been hailed as the "heir apparent to Graham Greene" (The
Boston Globe).
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