San Remo Drive
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (812 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590510674 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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But here he strives for maximum lucidity and unbroken enthrallment as he portrays one talented but troubled Hollywood family through the eyes of the elder son, Richard, who becomes a famous artist. The boys are looked after by the family's African American employees, the stoic Arthur and Mary, and many of this absorbing novel's most galvanizing scenes involve Richard's awakening to the more insidious aspects of racism, anti-Semitism, and political expediency. His director father, Norman Jacobi, wittily mocks the HUAC during his televised hearing; his mother, Lotte, is beautiful and a bit of a loose cannon; and his strange little brother, Barton, is given to fits and visions, serving as a trickster figure, the fool who reveals the truth. All rights reserved. From Booklist *Starred Review* As is evident in Pandaemonium (1997), a powerful novel
Leslie Epstein, whose father and uncle, Philip G. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts, where for many years he has directed the Creative Writing Program at Boston University. Epstein, wrote Arsenic and Old Lace, Casablanca, and many other classics of the golden era of films, is the author of nine previous bo
"One of the four best Hollywood novels ever written." —Elizabeth Frank, New York Times Book Review "Epstein is a master storyteller at the height of his powers." —Jonathan Kirsch, Los Angeles Times Book Review "Mr. Epstein effortlessly captures the magic of a Hollywood childhood San Remo Drive is a haunting and deeply affecting book." —Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Leslie Epstein's bestselling new novel is composed of five interrelated episodes, in each of which a germ of childhood experience is elaborated by the mature imagination of one of this country's most distinguished writers of fiction. Richard Jacobi, the narrator of these reflections, invites us to revisit the crucial experiences of his youth: driving to Malibu to meet the man determined to marry his mother; on vacation in the Mohave, while his father, the famed Hollywood figure Norman Jacobi and Lotte, his mother, must deal with the terrible consequences of Norman's testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Activities; exploring how a night in a bar and brothel in Tijuana becomes linked to the spiritual growth of his brother, Bartie, who is surely destined to be one of the most memorable and endearing characters in modern literature; viewing a precarious initiation into sexuality that will mark forever the way an artist sees the world and does his work. This is, then, a novel written from memory, in the same sense that the Schubert sonatas tha
Excellent recreation of Hollywood through a child's eyes. Mr. Epstein is a master of his craft. Also has a fine memory.. Luan Gaines said Life and times in old Hollywood. Epstein has delivered a solid body of work over the years of his writing career. However, I didn't read San Remo Drive as part of his other work; rather, as a native Californian, I looked forward to revisiting those long ago days of clear blue skies, pristine coastline and miles of ripening orange groves.This particular novel begins with the earliest years of the Jacobi family, after the father has died, when . "Engaging semi-autobiography" according to soxfan87. "San Remo Drive" is a pseudo-autobiography, a fiction novel using real people as templates, real events as scenarios in the book, and a bit of imagination for entertainment and the purpose of sending a message. I finished the whole book in one sitting and I can't recommend it highly enough.The protagonist of the novel is Richard Jacobi, whom we understand to be Leslie Epstein's alter ego. His father, Norman, a