The age of dreaming /

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, reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind. Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies, but he begins to worry...

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Main Author:	Revoyr, Nina, 1969-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Akashic Books, [2008]
Subjects:	Japanese Americans > Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses > Fiction. Motion picture industry > History > Fiction. Silent films > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Fiction. Japanese Americans. Motion picture actors and actresses. Motion picture industry. Murder. Silent films. California > Los Angeles. Secrets > Fiction. 1900-1999 Detective and mystery stories. Detective and mystery fiction. Fiction. History. Psychological fiction. Historical fiction.

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Summary:	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, reveals that he has written a screenplay with Nakayama in mind. Jun is intrigued by the possibility of returning to movies, 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. These events include the changing racial tides in California and the unsolved murder of his favorite director, Ashley Bennett Tyler.
Physical Description:	327 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:	9781933354460 1933354461