{"product_id":"mercury-pictures-presents-paperback","title":"Mercury Pictures Presents - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony Marra\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eIncludes a behind-the-scenes conversation with bestselling novelist Amor Towles - The epic story of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive in 1940s Hollywood and fascist Europe, a timeless tale of love, deceit, and sacrifice--and a perfect book club pick--from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A genuinely moving and life-affirming novel that's a true joy to read.\"--Celeste Ng, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Fires Everywhere\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A gorgeous book . . . sublime.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Editors' Choice) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike many before her, Maria Lagana has come to Hollywood to outrun her past. Born in Rome, where every Sunday her father took her to the cinema instead of church, Maria immigrates with her mother to Los Angeles after a childhood transgression leads to her father's arrest. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFifteen years later, on the eve of America's entry into World War II, Maria is an associate producer at Mercury Pictures, trying to keep her personal and professional lives from falling apart. Her mother won't speak to her. Her boss, a man of many toupees, has been summoned to Washington by congressional investigators. Her boyfriend, a virtuoso Chinese American actor, can't escape the studio's narrow typecasting. And the studio itself, Maria's only home in exile, teeters on the verge of bankruptcy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the coming months, as the bright lights go dark across Los Angeles, Mercury Pictures becomes a nexus of European émigrés: modernist poets trying their luck as B-movie screenwriters, once-celebrated architects becoming scale-model miniaturists, and refugee actors finding work playing the very villains they fled. While the world descends into war, Maria rises through a maze of conflicting politics, divided loyalties, and jockeying ambitions. But when the arrival of a stranger from her father's past threatens Maria's carefully constructed facade, she must finally confront her father's fate--and her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with intelligence, wit, and an exhilarating sense of possibility, \u003ci\u003eMercury Pictures Presents\u003c\/i\u003e spans many moods and tones, from the heartbreaking to the ecstatic. It is a love letter to life's bit players, a panorama of an era that casts a long shadow over our own, and a tour de force by a novelist whose work \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"a flash in the heavens that makes you look up and believe in miracles.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Marra\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tsar of Love and Techno\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Constellation of Vital Phenomena, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and longlisted for the National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 27, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761063657760,"sku":"9780451495211","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8d9fdb6a402469c3a70356fb0b5b8932.webp?v=1780198621","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mercury-pictures-presents-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}