This novel is much more than a murder mystery. It blends fact and fiction to explore the complex world of post-WWII Hollywood: an era that is both glamorous and deceptive. Solving his brother's "suicide" becomes more challenging when Ben Collier befriends the German émigrés who are not only America's brightest stars in the film industry but most vulnerable to the Red Scare.
Stardust by Joseph Kanon
Reviewed by Alyssa
Elizabeth Nunez, Who Chronicled the Immigrant’s Challenges, Dies at 80
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In “Prospero’s Daughter” and other novels, she explored the legacy of
colonialism in her native Trinidad and the struggle for belonging in an
adopted country.
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