{"product_id":"night-for-day","title":"Night for Day","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn 1950s Hollywood, two friends face the moral and professional uncertainties of the Communist witch-hunt. Director John Marsh struggles to convince his actress wife not to turn informant, while screenwriter Desmond Frank confronts the possibility of exile. Their private lives push them towards a climactic confrontation with complicity, jealousy, and fear. Night for Day is a novel that explores the eternal dilemma of art and politics, illuminating the early years of the Cold War and the political and social divisions that continue to divide the country today. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e                                                            \u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 672 pages\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 03 September 2020\u003cbr\u003e                              \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e                          \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles, 1950. Over the course of a single day, two friends grapple with the moral and professional uncertainties of the escalating Communist witch-hunt in Hollywood. Director John Marsh races to convince his actress wife not to turn informant for the House Committee on Un-American Activities, while leftist screenwriter Desmond Frank confronts the possibility of exile to live and work without fear of being blacklisted. As Marsh and Frank struggle to complete shooting on their film, She Turned Away, which updates the myth of Orpheus to the gritty noir underworld of post-war Los Angeles, the chaos of their private lives pushes them towards a climactic confrontation with complicity, jealousy, and fear. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNight for Day conjures a feverish vision of one of the country's most notorious periods of national crisis, illuminating the eternal dilemma of both art and politics: how to make the world anew. At once a definitively American novel, echoing Philip Roth and Raymond Chandler, it also nods to the mythic landscapes of Dante and the iconoclastic playfulness of James Joyce. With as much to say about the early years of the Cold War as about the political and social divisions that continue to divide the country today, Night for Day is expansive in scope and yet tenderly intimate, exploring the subtleties of belonging and the enormity of exile—not only from one's country but also from one's self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e                            \u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 464g                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 196 x 128 x 48 (mm)                            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781782396086                            \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEdition number\u003c\/strong\u003e: Main                          \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PatrickFlanery","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44093716922618,"sku":"9781782396086","price":7.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/0f60eaa62f733360302bac486a5d8deb.jpg?v=1621099474","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/night-for-day","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}