Author: Frederic Raphael
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1448211069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Victor England, the great film director, returns to Hollywood to finalise arrangements for his next production. Everything seems propitious: he has a firm contract with a studio that owes him a substantial debt of gratitude and whose top executives are top friends of his. Why, then, is he left to languish in the grand hotel owned by Verdugo, which in Spanish means executioner? What is the relationship between Victor, who can write equally well with left hand or right, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, about whom he once made a film, a film which is showing on TV as he enters his suite? Who is the beautiful girl whom he sees in the lobby, and is she the same girl who is later found dead under sinister circumstances? Is Victor England a victim or a killer? There have been many novels about Hollywood. There has never been one like this. Frederic Raphael's vision of California Time is of a 'sequence of presents', and his innovations in the form of the novel serve only to add to the multi-faceted strangeness of the 'celluloid capital'. Victor England, young and old at the same time, is a man of many wives and many films, rich and yet dependent on the bounty of a failing industry, whose golden slave he is.
California Time
Author: Frederic Raphael
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1448211069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Victor England, the great film director, returns to Hollywood to finalise arrangements for his next production. Everything seems propitious: he has a firm contract with a studio that owes him a substantial debt of gratitude and whose top executives are top friends of his. Why, then, is he left to languish in the grand hotel owned by Verdugo, which in Spanish means executioner? What is the relationship between Victor, who can write equally well with left hand or right, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, about whom he once made a film, a film which is showing on TV as he enters his suite? Who is the beautiful girl whom he sees in the lobby, and is she the same girl who is later found dead under sinister circumstances? Is Victor England a victim or a killer? There have been many novels about Hollywood. There has never been one like this. Frederic Raphael's vision of California Time is of a 'sequence of presents', and his innovations in the form of the novel serve only to add to the multi-faceted strangeness of the 'celluloid capital'. Victor England, young and old at the same time, is a man of many wives and many films, rich and yet dependent on the bounty of a failing industry, whose golden slave he is.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1448211069
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Victor England, the great film director, returns to Hollywood to finalise arrangements for his next production. Everything seems propitious: he has a firm contract with a studio that owes him a substantial debt of gratitude and whose top executives are top friends of his. Why, then, is he left to languish in the grand hotel owned by Verdugo, which in Spanish means executioner? What is the relationship between Victor, who can write equally well with left hand or right, and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, about whom he once made a film, a film which is showing on TV as he enters his suite? Who is the beautiful girl whom he sees in the lobby, and is she the same girl who is later found dead under sinister circumstances? Is Victor England a victim or a killer? There have been many novels about Hollywood. There has never been one like this. Frederic Raphael's vision of California Time is of a 'sequence of presents', and his innovations in the form of the novel serve only to add to the multi-faceted strangeness of the 'celluloid capital'. Victor England, young and old at the same time, is a man of many wives and many films, rich and yet dependent on the bounty of a failing industry, whose golden slave he is.
California 1850
Author: Janice Marschner
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967706962
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967706962
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Los Angeles Times California Cookbook
Author: Betsy Balsley
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher: Plume Books
ISBN:
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Camp Time in California
Author: Mary Pope Osborne
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593177460
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to the Yosemite National Park! Jack and his sister, Annie, must go to California! They must look at nature! They must save the wilderness! Save it from what, exactly? That's what Jack and Annie must find out when the magic tree house lands in the tallest tree on earth. The nature around them is so grand and peaceful--is it really in danger? Two travelers, two sketchbooks, and one grizzly bear will show Jack and Annie that danger isn't always seen with the eyes. Sometimes it's felt with the heart. Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures If you're looking for Merlin Mission #35: Night of the New Magicians, it was renumbered as part of the rebrand in 2017 as Merlin Mission #7.
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0593177460
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series is ready to whisk you away through time with Jack and Annie--this time to the Yosemite National Park! Jack and his sister, Annie, must go to California! They must look at nature! They must save the wilderness! Save it from what, exactly? That's what Jack and Annie must find out when the magic tree house lands in the tallest tree on earth. The nature around them is so grand and peaceful--is it really in danger? Two travelers, two sketchbooks, and one grizzly bear will show Jack and Annie that danger isn't always seen with the eyes. Sometimes it's felt with the heart. Did you know that there's a Magic Tree House book for every kid? Magic Tree House: Perfect for readers who are just beginning chapter books Merlin Missions: More challenging adventures for the experienced reader Fact Trackers: Nonfiction companions to your favorite Magic Tree House adventures If you're looking for Merlin Mission #35: Night of the New Magicians, it was renumbered as part of the rebrand in 2017 as Merlin Mission #7.
The Los Angeles Times California Home Book
Author: Carolyn S. Murray
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810912762
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810912762
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
What I Saw in California
Author: Edwin Bryant
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Sanctions and Time Limits in California's Welfare Program
Author:
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Publisher: Public Policy Instit. of CA
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Coyote at the Big Time
Author: Lyn Risling
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597144308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Mr. Coyote meets other animals and practices his numbers at the same time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597144308
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Mr. Coyote meets other animals and practices his numbers at the same time.
California in a Time of Excellence
Author: James Andrew LaSpina
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9781438424941
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Follows California’s efforts at reforming the public school system from 1983 to the present.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9781438424941
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Follows California’s efforts at reforming the public school system from 1983 to the present.
Winnin' Time!
Author: Steven Perez Harris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981666723
Category : Bar examinations
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Book of outlines and boilerplates to help students pass the California Bar Examination
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780981666723
Category : Bar examinations
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
Book of outlines and boilerplates to help students pass the California Bar Examination