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100 1  Morris, Kevin|c(Lawyer),|eauthor. 
245 10 Gettysburg :|bA Novel /|cKevin Morris. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bGrove Atlantic,
       |c[2019] 
264  4 |c©2019 
300    1 online resource (390 pages) 
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506    Access limited to subscribing institutions. 
520    "A Hollywood lawyer and producer takes part in a Civil War
       reenactment to escape the monotony of his life in this 
       novel by the author of All Joe Knight. As a young man, 
       John Reynolds fled his provincial hometown of Gettysburg, 
       Pennsylvania, for Los Angeles, lured by the promise of a 
       life fueled by the excitement of show business. But after 
       twenty years in Hollywood, Reynolds feels existentially 
       unfulfilled. He resides in a beautiful mansion with his 
       wife and daughter, and his business is booming, but 
       Reynolds remains despondent as his attempts to pivot into 
       producing his own movie projects fail again and again. 
       Depressed and at a creative dead-end, Reynolds finds 
       himself inexplicably drawn back to the historical setting 
       of his youth: he has secretly signed up to participate in 
       a weekend-long reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in 
       the unlikely California town of Enchino, sixty miles east 
       of Los Angeles. Just before his departure, an ex-Playmate 
       -- the very centerfold of Reynolds's adolescent daydreams 
       -- pitches him her idea for a reality TV show. When 
       Reynolds impulsively invites the former Playmate and her 
       best friend, a former Miss Universe, to accompany him to 
       the reenactment, his plans for a solitary weekend of self-
       discovery run amok. With a compulsively readable narrative
       that offers a satirical portrait of Hollywood -- the deal-
       making, the politics, the pitches -- Gettysburg is an 
       intelligent and powerful book about contemporary America. 
       Praise for Gettysburg "A showbiz satire from someone who 
       knows what he writes.... A comic romp about a weekend 
       misadventure at a Civil War re-enactment." -- Variety 
       "Morris's entertaining second novel, following All Joe 
       Knight , zeros in on a particular male fantasy, and 
       acknowledges the importance of entertainment and honoring 
       the past, both personal and historic." -- Booklist "Though
       Reynolds's plans for renewal end up wildly off the mark, 
       he ultimately finds something of value. While delightedly 
       skewering the privileged entertainment industry lifestyle,
       Morris uses Reynolds's travails and the divisions of the 
       Civil War period to make larger points about the current 
       state of America." -- Library Journal"--|cProvided by 
       Freading. 
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650  0 Television producers and directors|zCalifornia|zLos 
       Angeles|vFiction. 
650  0 Middle-aged men|vFiction. 
650  0 Historical reenactments|vFiction. 
650  0 Self-realization|vFiction. 
650  0 Life change events|vFiction. 
650  7 FICTION / Literary.|2bisacsh 
651  0 Los Angeles (Calif.)|vFiction. 
655  0 Electronic books. 
655  7 Domestic fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Psychological fiction.|2lcgft 
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