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A mesmerising tale of old Hollywood glamour and post-war espionage from the bestselling author of The Good German.

Hollywood, 1945. Ben Collier returns from war to the news that his filmmaker brother Daniel has died in mysterious circumstances -- the papers say it was an accident, but others suspect suicide. Daniel was a heroic figure who helped many prominent German intellectuals escape Europe before the war and then settled in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife, Liesl. Why would a man with such a bright future take his own life? Could he have been murdered?

Ben is determined to uncover the truth and uses his friendship with Continental Studios boss Sol Lasner to penetrate the maze of studio politics and Hollywood secrets. Beneath the surface shine of the movie business lies a darker world where even the biggest stars and star-makers are vulnerable to old secrets being exposed and old loyalties tested . . . 

About the Author :
Joseph Kanon is the Edgar Award-winning author of The Berlin Exchange, The Accomplice, Defectors, Leaving Berlin, Istanbul Passage, Stardust, Alibi, The Prodigal Spy, Los Alamos and The Good German, which was made into a major film starring George Clooney and Cate Blanchett. Other awards include the Hammett Award of the International Association of Crime Writers and the Human Writes Award of the Anne Frank Foundation. He lives in New York City. Visit him online at Joseph.Kanon.com

Review :
'Spectacular in every way ... wonderfully imagined, wonderfully written, an urgent personal mystery set against the sweep of glamourous and sinister history. Joseph Kanon owns this corner of the literary landscape and it's a joy to see him reassert his title with such emphatic authority' LEE CHILD 'The new Joe Kanon is one of the best. STARDUST is the perfect combination of intrigue and accurate history brought to life' ALAN FURST 'Stardust is sensational! No one writes period fiction with the same style and suspense -- not to mention substance -- as Joseph Kanon. A terrific read' SCOTT TUROW '[Kanon] is fast approaching the complexity and relevance not just of le Carre and Greene but even of Orwell: provocative, fully realised fiction that explores, as only fiction can, the reality of history as it is lived by individual men and women' New York Times 'Joseph Kanon specializes in smart, atmospheric historical thrillers. 'Stardust' is one of his best... a delicious synthesis of menace and glamour, historical fact and rich imagination' The Seattle Times 'A beautiful, memorable work' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 'A twisting, wondrous tale full of magic' Chicago Tribune 'His finest work yet... prose as smooth as twelve-year-old scotch' St. Louis Post-Dispatch 'Engrossing... The author is such a wizard at evoking the period that it's hard to even envision the action in color. No, Stardust is moody, black-and-white (and all kinds of gray) noir from the first page, the kind of story that demands fog and wisps of cigarette smoke, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, elegance and bespoke tailoring cozied right up to the bloodstains and betrayal... [It will] keep you awake all night reading' Dallas Morning News 'Electric... Kanon's prose shines in Tinseltown, and Stardust reads like an insider's account of mid-20th century Los Angeles... Kanon has been compared to Graham Greene, and the shared cinematic sensibility has never been more evident... an evocative portrait of a buzzing California city in its heyday, after it rose up out of orange groves and flimsy dreams to reach impossible heights' The Oregonian 'Delectable stuff, and Kanon, best-known for his novel "The Good German," renders it in sharp prose that's punched up by lines worthy of Bogart or Mitchum' Washington Post 'Intimate, intriguing... packed tight with exciting mystery and historical detail, but also with indisputably read, deep substance' Canberra Times


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780857201966
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster Ltd
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • ISBN-10: 0857201964
  • Publisher Date: 24 Jun 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 512
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A gripping historical thriller from the author of Leaving Berlin


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