54

54
Authors
Wu Ming
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Tags
mystery , contemporary , thriller
ISBN
9780151013807
Date
2002-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.35 MB
Lang
en
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In Hollywood, Cary Grant has grown weary of cinema's constant glamour, but Her Majesty's Secret Service will break his malaise with a bizarre diplomatic mission. In Naples, Lucky Luciano fixes horse races and launches the global heroin trade. And in Bologna, a bartender searches for true love and his missing communist father.

Set during the height of the Cold War - with the world divided into East and West - 54 features Italian partisans, KGB agents, Parisian lowlifes, and cameos by David Niven, Marshal Tito, and Grace Kelly. Wu Ming brings us a cinematic romp that is by turns edgy social satire and modern comic send up.