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Book SynopsisNarrated by a starry-eyed reporter,
Big Red reimagines the tragic career of Rita Hayworth and her indomitable husband, Orson Welles. An insightful, tender portrait of a seemingly halcyon age before blockbusters and film franchises,
Big Red promises to consume both Hollywood cinephiles and neophytes alike....
Trade ReviewBig Red, Charyn's latest, tells the story of the 1940s screen goddess Rita Hayworth and her relationship with the wunderkind director Orson Welles. Charyn has created a memorable narrator in Rusty Redburn, a fiery gossip columnist hired to spy on Hayworth, who changes sides to become her confidant and friend. Through Rusty's eyes we witness the film star's rollercoaster life and the ambivalent allure of celebrity * Sunday Times (Best Historical Fiction Book of 2022) *
Charyn, a veteran novelist, biographer and essayist, subtly evokes F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby in telling his saga of star-crossed charismatics through the eyes of an all-seeing peripheral figure... Inspired * Wall Street Journal *
Alluring * Irish Times (Crime Book of the Year) *
Be warned: reading
Big Red will take over your life * Times *
Short review quote in here * CrimeReads *
