![]() ![]() ![]() Revoyr's stunning new novel alternates between the 1960s and the height of the silent film era. ![]() But what Jun ultimately discovers is far more complex and personal than even he could have imagined. Louis who becomes a major Hollywood diva Nora Minton Niles, the dreamy, childlike teenage actress controlled by her ambitious mother Hanako Minatoya, the elegant actress and playwright who serves as Jun's inspiration and foil and Ashley Bennett Tyler, the British director whose guiding hand turns Jun into a star. In the process, he recounts the lives of several other figures from the silent film era: Elizabeth Banks, the working-class girl from St. Spurred on by his fear of a potential "misunderstanding," Jun begins to track down his surviving acquaintances from his years as Perennial Pictures' greatest star. These events include the changing social and racial tides in California-and the unsolved murder of his favorite director, Ashley Bennett Tyler. But he begins to worry that someone might delve too deeply into the past, and uncover the events that led to the abrupt end of his career in 1922. When Bellinger reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind, Jun is intrigued. Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he is living in complete obscurity-until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, tracks him down for an interview. ![]()
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