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      'Stylish and stimulating' The TimesAgeing Hollywood star Marshall Stone is scared. Scared that the parts are drying up. Scared of being forgotten. So when he hears an eminent author is writing his biography, Stone siezes the chance of immortality. But painful memories and supp...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780241505328
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Penguin Modern Classics
      Title:Close-Up
      Authors:Author: Len Deighton
      Page Count:368
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense fiction, Espionage and spy thriller, Thriller / suspense, Espionage & spy thriller
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      'Stylish and stimulating' The TimesAgeing Hollywood star Marshall Stone is scared. Scared that the parts are drying up. Scared of being forgotten. So when he hears an eminent author is writing his biography, Stone siezes the chance of immortality. But painful memories and suppressed scandals soon threaten to destroy the carefully-constructed fiction of his life. Inspired by Len Deighton's own experiences of the film industry, Close-Up is a brilliant exposé of the sleaze, venality and betrayals of the studio machine. 'The richness, the sardonic humour, the wheeling and dealing ... the power of the book is undoubted' Evening Standard

      ''Stylish and stimulating'' The Times

      Ageing Hollywood star Marshall Stone is scared. Scared that the parts are drying up. Scared of being forgotten. So when he hears an eminent author is writing his biography, Stone siezes the chance of immortality. But painful memories and suppressed scandals soon threaten to destroy the carefully-constructed fiction of his life. Inspired by Len Deighton''s own experiences of the film industry, Close-Up is a brilliant exposé of the sleaze, venality and betrayals of the studio machine.

      ''The richness, the sardonic humour, the wheeling and dealing ... the power of the book is undoubted'' Evening Standard


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2021-09-30

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      Weight272 g
      Dimensions196 × 130 × 27 mm