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Book SynopsisCasablanca opens with the words, ""With the coming of the Second World War, many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately, toward the freedom of the Americas."" Leslie Epstein's
Hill of Beans is the story of how one nation, one industry, and, in particular, one man responded to that desperate hope.
Trade ReviewLeslie Epstein spins a captivating tale, a supple mix of history and fiction that will delight lovers of wartime drama, studio lore, and the outsize personalities of old Hollywood."--Noah Isenberg, author of
We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Life, Legend, and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Movie"Packed with a master's class worth of history and whiplash and laugh-out-loud funny Judaic black humor,
Hill of Beans is a Pynchonesque blend of the serious and the absurd, not so much counterfactual as factual-plus--a novel that weaves a must-read, behind-the-scenes story of America making war while Hollywood makes movies."--Thomas Doherty, author of
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