Mercury pictures presents
Marra, Anthony2023
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Like many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. Fifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy.
Main title:
Mercury pictures presents / Anthony Marra.
Author:
Marra, Anthony, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 2023.
Collation:
432 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781399804417 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.6AF/PBKF
LC class:
PS3613.A768726
Local class:
F
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3259840
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