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      West of Sunset

      by Dirk Bogarde
      Published
      Oct 1984
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
      Pages
      314
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      First published in 1984, this is Dirk Bogarde's third novel.





      Set in the shadow of Hollywood opulence – the gaudy wastes of Los Angeles – West of Sunset is a sharp and potent satire of movie-making America. However, the excessive glitter is embedded in a deeper plot about a successful man's fall from grace. Hugo Arlington, a celebrated young writer, had the power to destroy people. His widow, Alice, is not the only person to be haunted by his death and life, and gradually the truth about the dangerous games Hugo played comes to light, and the past comes crashing into the present.



      West of Sunset is an amusing and rich depiction of a world that Bogarde himself came to know and loathe.

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      Aug 2012 Bloomsbury (UK) ISBN13 9781448206810 ISBN10 1448206812
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      First Edition Oct 1984 Viking ISBN13 9780670757848 ISBN10 0670757845
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      Feb 1985 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780140069778 ISBN10 0140069771
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      Feb 1987 BBC Audiobooks ISBN13 9780745157955 ISBN10 0745157955
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