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Author Castellani, Christopher, 1972- author.

Title Leading men / by Christopher Castellani.

Publication Info. Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2019.
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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Large Print  LP-CAS    Check Shelf
Edition Large print edition.
Description 573 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium large print. rda
Series Thorndike Press large print core
Summary "An expansive yet intimate story of desire, artistic ambition, and fidelity, set in the glamorous literary and film circles of 1950s Italy In July of 1953, at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino, Italy, Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren, a mysteriously taciturn young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on to alter all of their lives. Ten years later, Frank revisits the tempestuous events of that fateful summer from his deathbed in Manhattan, where he waits anxiously for Tennessee to visit him one final time. Anja, now legendary film icon Anja Bloom, lives as a recluse in the present-day U.S., until a young man connected to the events of 1953 lures her reluctantly back into the spotlight after he discovers she possesses the only surviving copy of Williams's final play. What keeps two people together and what breaks them apart? Can we save someone else if we can't save ourselves? Like The Master and The Hours, Leading Men seamlessly weaves fact and fiction to navigate the tensions between public figures and their private lives. In an ultimately heartbreaking story about the burdens of fame and the complex negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness, Castellani creates an unforgettable leading lady in Anja Bloom and reveals the hidden machinery of one of the great literary love stories of the twentieth-century"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983 -- Fiction.
Merlo, Frank, 1921-1963 -- Fiction.
Actresses -- Fiction.
Large type books.
Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983. (OCoLC)fst00040786
Actresses. (OCoLC)fst00796328
Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
Genre/Form Biographical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726537
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Biographical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781432864606 (large print) (hardcover : alk. paper)
1432864602 (large print) (hardcover : alk. paper)
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