Dark, disturbing, and beautiful.Īs his country prepares for a visit from President Kennedy, an Irish investigator is asked to clear up the murder of a German immigrant as quickly as possible. An atmospheric, stylish, and downward spiral.Ībbott uses the unsolved mystery of missing starlet Jean Spangler for a look at the underside of Fifties Hollywood and the treatment of women. Baker gives us a Hollywood at a period when its classic glamour was beginning to crack. One of the best uses of character point of view.
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