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02924aam a22004578i 4500 001 B37B8F00672111E9A331792097128E48 003 SILO 005 20190425011644 008 180813s2019 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2018037214 020 $a 110199018X 020 $a 9781101990186 035 $a (OCoLC)1046106383 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d ORX $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d EYP $d UAP $d FEM $d FCS $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PS3561.A4168 $b G74 2019 082 00 $a 813/.54 $2 23 084 $a FIC049040 $a FIC014000 $a FIC049040 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Kalpakian, Laura, $e author. 245 14 $a The great pretenders / $c Laura Kalpakian. 250 $a First Edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Berkley, $c 2019. 300 $a 376 pages ; $c 21 cm 500 $a Includes readers guide. 520 $a "An unforgettable novel from an award-winning author about an ambitious young agent's daring fight to protect blacklisted writers in McCarthy-era Hollywood and her passionate relationship with an African American journalist. Outraged by her grandfather's illicit affair with Empire Pictures' latest femme fatale, Roxanne Granville forsakes her position as Hollywood royalty and rejects the man who raised her, determined to strike out on her own. Backed by little more than the stubborn grit she inherited from her beloved grandmother, Roxanne sets up shop as a low-budget film agent for budding screenwriters. When an old friend, exiled from Hollywood and Empire Pictures by her grandfather for being a Communist sympathizer, begs for her help, Roxanne decides to right the wrongs committed by her family. It's what her grandmother would have wanted. Soon Roxanne finds herself at the helm of a lucrative business, having landed her secret clients a handful of major studio deals through willing frontmen. Her newfound freedom leads her to a passionate relationship with an African American journalist and jazz aficionado. But Hollywood is ruthless when it senses a scandal. How long will it take before all of Roxanne's success comes crumbling down?"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Literary agents $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Motion picture authorship $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Blacklisting of authors $z United States $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z Los Angeles $z Los Angeles $x History $v Fiction. 650 0 $a African American journalists $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Interracial dating $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 lcgft 941 $a 5 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409033022.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20200806013140.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20190912032102.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20190629010306.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190425021903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B37B8F00672111E9A331792097128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search