![]() Many of us straddle two or more cultures in our lives. ![]() Revoyr, who was inspired by real people and real events, including the murder scandal that destroyed Mary Miles Minter's career, has created a novel that explores Hollywood and Little Tokyo during the teens and '20s (a combination I doubt you'll find anywhere else) delves into the creative life and the toll it can take and asks us to question what love is, how we recognize it, and what we will sacrifice for it. A journalist tracks him down, and before you know it, the secrets that once caused Jun to retire from the movie business threaten to be revealed. ![]() Jun Nakayama, who was once a silent film star, lives in near obscurity in the Hollywood Hills. It's a literary novel masquerading as a noir mystery, also set in L.A. The Age of Dreaming, by Nina Revoyr, paperback, 320 pages, Akashic Books, list price: $15.95įinally, one of my absolute favorite books is The Age of Dreaming by Nina Revoyr. ![]()
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