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Barcode30000003035890
Circ StatusAvailable
LibraryAliquippa
TitleMercury pictures presents : a novel / Anthony Marra.
AuthorMarra, Anthony, author.
Call NoFic Marra
CollectionFiction
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Fic Marra AvailableAliquippaFiction   300000030358902022
Fic Marra AvailableBeaverFiction   333330032894572022
FIC MARRA AvailableMonacaFiction   377770022681672022
Fic Marra AvailableChippewaFiction   312340024414162022

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780451495228
International Standard Book Number 9780451495204
International Standard Book Number 9780593449165
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6
Personal Name Marra, Anthony, author.
Title Statement Mercury pictures presents : a novel / Anthony Marra.
Imprint London ; New York : Hogarth, [2022]
Physical Description pages cm
Summary, Etc. "When we first meet Maria Lagana, she's rewriting scripts at Mercury Pictures, a failing Hollywood studio known for its schlock. Maria's job is to re-craft dialogue and action to circumvent the censors, a skill she's mysteriously adept at. Born in Italy, as a teenager Maria witnessed Mussolini's censors arrest her father, an event that will destroy her family and burden Maria with questions of guilt and responsibility she will carry with her throughout this wondrous, far-reaching novel. Like many before her, Maria has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Despite its cheap production values and factory-approach to making movies, Mercury Pictures is a nexus of refugees and emigres, each struggling to reinvent themselves in the land of celluloid. There's Artie, the studio boss, a man of many toupees who barely escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe; there's Anna, a set designer, who ran afoul of Hitler; and there's Eddie Lu, a struggling actor and Maria's boyfriend, who despite being born in Los Angeles encounters the worst of America's xenophobia. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, everything changes for Maria and her world, forcing her come to terms with her father's fate--and her own"-- Provided by publisher.