by Dirk Bogarde · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140069778
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«West of Sunset» is Dirk Bogarde's literary fiction novel, published by Penguin in paperback (256 pages, in English).
Set in the Los Angeles of cinema, «West of Sunset» portrays the destructive power of Hugo Arlington, a famous writer, through his widow, Alice, and the psychologist Lea Rooke. Amid secrets and dangerous games, the novel combines sharp satire with romanticism, and shows how the past continues to weigh after death.
The novel was originally published in 1984; this edition is Penguin's 1985 reprint.
For readers of literary fiction and stories set in the world of cinema, with an interest in writers and the weight of the past.
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".
