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Item Details
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LONE STAR
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| By: |
Edward Ifkovic |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1590588509 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781590588505 |
| Publisher: |
POISONED PEN PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 June, 2011 |
| Pages: |
270 |
| Description: |
In 1955 Edna Ferber is basking in the success of her blockbuster novel "Giant." Director George Stevens and Warner Brothers Studio are in the final days of filming her Texas oil epic, and Edna looks forward to meeting Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor, and especially young James Dean. But there is trouble brewing. |
| Synopsis: |
Praise for Lone Star..."A promising [first] in what could be a long-running and highly entertaining series." -Booklist It's 1955, and Edna Ferber is basking in the success of her blockbuster novel Giant. Headed to Los Angeles, where director George Stevens and Warner Brothers Studio are filming her Texas oil epic, she is eager to meet Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor, and especially the young James Dean. But there is trouble brewing. Dean, the new box-office sensation and teen heartthrob, has been accused of fathering a child with an unstable (and recently fired) extra named Carisa Krausse. The studio fears the negative publicity will jeopardize the release of the movie. Then the actress is murdered. James Dean was seen at her apartment moments before Carisa's death. The police are ready to arrest him. With actress Mercedes McCambridge as her sympathetic sidekick, Edna investigates, determined to clear Dean's name. As she delves into Hollywood's dark side, Edna discovers a powerful studio obsessed with a cover-up and a solution she doesn't want to accept...Ed Ifkovic taught literature and creative writing at a community college in Connecticut for more than three decades.His short stories and essays have appeared in the Village Voice, America, Hartford Monthly, and the Journal of Popular Culture. Lone Star is his debut novel. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Poisoned Pen Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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