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Physical description; 591 p. ; 20 cm. Summary; A novel which is part thriller, part occult horror, part film history. Its hero, following a quest to discover the truth about a little-known genius of the silent screen, journeys deep into Hollywood's heart of darkness. By the author of "The Making of a Counterculture". Subjects; Modern fiction. Fiction / General. Genre; Fiction.
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About the Author
Theodore Roszak was a professor of history at California State University–Hayward and the author of 18 books, including the international bestseller The Making of a Counter Culture. He has twice been nominated for the National Book Award. His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The Atlantic Monthly, and Harper's. Roszak died in July 2011.
From Publishers Weekly
This latest effort by the author of the seminal The Making of the Counterculture is a quirky, sexy, sprawling novel that comprises, among other things, a magical mystery tour of the history of cinema, an acid satire on Hollywood and what passes for today's cultural avant-garde, a metaphysical puzzle, an exploration of the psychological impact of films and a parable about the modern spiritual wasteland. UCLA film scholar and critic Jonathan Gates becomes obsessed with legendary German expressionist filmmaker Max Castle, who went to Hollywood in the mid-1920s and whose vampire and ghoul B-movies are viewed by cult fans as deeply troubling evocations of evil. On the trail of Castle's dark past, Gates and his ex-girlfriend, tough-minded film critic Clare Swann, encounter medieval gnostic heresies, secret societies, a teenage genius albino movie producer and an aged Dutch ex-vamp who practices tantric-like sex. Crammed with film lore that will regale cinema buffs, the narrative segues from its realistic beginning into a bizarre, apocalyptic fantasy that eventually spins off the reel, illuminating in the end only a very private, muddled vision.
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- PublisherBantam Books
- Publication date1992
- ISBN 10 0553404806
- ISBN 13 9780553404807
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages672
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