Happy Little Bluebirds
«Levene has a pitch-perfect ear for dialogue»
Observer
'A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves – seriously, what could be more heavenly?' Saga
It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood.
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'A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves – seriously, what could be more heavenly?' Saga
It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood. She is to assist a mysterious British agent in his attempts to outwit the Los Angeles German delegation and boost the British propaganda war effort.
The unhappy young widow is supplied with a new Californian wardrobe, a Bel Air bungalow and her own desk in the writers' block of Miracle Studios.
At first bewildered by the glamorous excesses of this strange new world, she is gradually seduced by the sunlight, orange groves and clever, fast-talking men. But, just as she begins to blossom, her new technicolor ending threatens to slip from her grasp.
It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home in wartime Woking and transferred to Hollywood. She is to assist a mysterious British agent in his attempts to outwit the Los Angeles German delegation and boost the British propaganda war effort.
The unhappy young widow is supplied with a new Californian wardrobe, a Bel Air bungalow and her own desk in the writers' block of Miracle Studios.
At first bewildered by the glamorous excesses of this strange new world, she is gradually seduced by the sunlight, orange groves and clever, fast-talking men. But, just as she begins to blossom, her new technicolor ending threatens to slip from her grasp.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9781408878798
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«Levene has a pitch-perfect ear for dialogue»
Observer
«For the perfect piece of Bank Holiday escapism, look no further … A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves – seriously, what could be more heavenly?»
Saga
«Levene is a zesty storyteller and a master of the needle-sharp one-liner»
Sunday Telegraph
«She writes with such energy and panache»
Barbara Trapido
«Levene's sharply observed comedy mixes affectionate satire of the stylistic oddities of the time with an invigorating sparkle of real dislike for authority»
Jane Shilling, Evening Standard
«A seamless knack for drawing characters that fully inhabit their historical setting»
The Lady
«Levene is a gifted writer with a cinematic way with words»
Sunday Express