Black Sunset: Hollywood Sex, Lies, Glamour, Betrayal

Clancy Sigal, a former soldier who attempted to assassinate Hermann Goering, becomes an agent with the Sam Jaffe agency in post-World War II Hollywood. He parties with famous actors and is subpoenaed to testify before the HUAC, facing the decision to give up the list of nine names to save his own skin. Sigal's memoir is a forgotten hardboiled detective novel with all the makings of an instant classic.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 352 pages
\n Publication date: 09 May 2019
\n Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
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Mid-20th century Hollywood, a time before Pilates and cell phones, finds its way into the pages of Raymond Chandler's iconic LA. Clancy Sigal, a character who would later inspire Doris Lessing's Saul Green, returns home from his wartime service and an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hermann Goering during the Nurenburg trials. With his charm and wit, Sigal lands a job as an agent with the renowned Sam Jaffe agency, immersing himself in a chaotic world of fast women, washed-up screenwriters, wily directors, and star-struck FBI agents on the trail of subversives. Among his companions are the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Tony Curtis, and an anxious Peter Lorre, who becomes a dear drinking buddy. However, this is the era of the Hollywood Blacklist, and Sigal, like many of his contemporaries, finds himself subpoenaed to testify before the HUAC. Faced with the choice between saving his own skin and surrendering the list of nine names that burns a hole in his pocket, Sigal embarks on a journey that is both hilarious, touching, intimate, and revealing. His memoir unfolds like a forgotten hardboiled detective novel, brimming with all the elements of an instant classic.

\n Weight: 268g\n
Dimension: 129 x 196 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781785784804\n \n