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Pandaemonium
A Novel
by Leslie Epstein
ISBN: 0312156227
ISBN-13: 9780312156220
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
A group of Jewish show business people in pre-war Hollywood must cope with the rise of Hitler and rumors of the Holocaust.
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"In his new novel, 'Pandaemonium,' the enormously gifted, inventive, always edgy and uproarious Epstein returns to the period and to some of the themes of 'The King of the Jews'....Epstein's darkly comic purpose is to use a kind of hilarity to etch in acid terms the human response to historic absurdity. It is a risky endeavor and a brave one....The novel...is at times astonishingly inventive, Epstein inebriated by the richness of verbal possibility and the endless capacity of human beings to turn tragedy into farce. -- Richard Bernstein
-- New York Times
"'Pandaemonium' is fictional, as made-up, say, as the tragedy of 'Antigone'....But Epstein's technique, his retouched and over-dubbed surrealism is, nonetheless, an instrument well chosen to capture a troubling area of real life: namely, the overlap of show business and politics..." -- Jeremy Larner
-- Los Angeles Times Book Review
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: St Martins Pr
Published date: 1997
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.65 pounds
Pages: 398
Publisher's Notes
Pandaemonium is the definitive novel of Hollywood in its most glamorous era, a work that examines the very roots of film itself, and their hold upon the dark, underground forces of instinct and imagination. Narrated by the ever-wise, yet sexually tormented Peter Lorre, this book assembles a huge cast of Hollywood types - moguls, agents, directors, stars and starlets, writers, gossip columnists and mere hangers-on - who converge on Pandaemonium, a Nevada ghost town, on the eve of World War II. There, they all fall under the spell of a great European film director named Rudolph Von Beckmann, whose secret plan is to turn a routine B western into an extraordinary film of Antigone, and so warn the world of the dictator who would destroy it. But in the heat of the desert and his own fevered imaginings, it is Von Beckmann who becomes the tyrant and - in an atmosphere that is part Armageddon, part Gotterdammerung - it is his world that is destroyed.
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Pandaemonium: A Novel
Leslie Epstein
St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Pandaemonium: A Novel
Epstein, Leslie
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Pr, 1997 USED - Standard. Book/DJ have only minor reading wear; binding is square and tight; DJ has light edgewear; text is clean and unmarked. BOOKSMART offers free domestic shipping (media mail) on orders of three or more books. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Booksmart (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1997 Slight edge wear; corners bumped; otherwise very good. 398 pp, hard cover, lit. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by King's Books (United States)
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New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First edition, first state. Near Fine throughout, in like dust jacket. More detailed description, scanned digital images, or any other obtainable additional information is available on request and normally supplied within 24 hours.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by BookSplendour (Australia)
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St. Martin's, 1997. Hardback 1st Edition Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket A novel of 1930s Hollywood narrated by Peter Lorre. ISBN: 0312156227 ( more information) Offered by Century Books (United States)
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Epstein, Leslie
NY, NY: St. Martin's Press, 1997 398 pp., black binding w/ copper lettering; DJ in clear archival cover; book shows minor shelfwear to bottom edges; DJ shows some wear to ends of folds esp. to bottom end of front fold / ". . . the definitive novel of Hollywood in its most glamorous era . . ." /. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good to Fine. Illus. by Max Beckmann (jacket illustration). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by High Castle Books, IOBA (United States)
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St Martins Press: New York 1997. A very near fine book with one small swelling to the top corner of the back board. The dust jacket is fine. A first printing of a first U.S. edition.. First Edition. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by Mistletoe Books (United Kingdom)
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PANDAEMONIUM: A Novel
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St Martin's Press, 1997. Fine, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket.. ISBN: 0312156227. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. CALIFORNIA FICTION HOLLYWOOD LOS ANGELES. ( more information) Offered by Joe Staats, Bookseller (United States)
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Leslie Epstein
St. Martin's Press, 1997-05. Hardcover. New. New, unread hardcover in dustjacket. In stock and ready for immediate shipment. ( more information) Offered by Susan's Bookshelf (United States)
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Leslie Epstein
St. Martin's Press, 1997-05. Hardcover. New. New, unread, unused & in perfect condition with no damaged or missing pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. Great Copy. Ships Lightning Fast ( more information) Offered by Nationbooks (United States)
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St. Martin, 1997-05. Hardcover. New/New. COLLECTIBLE. STATED FIRST EDITION MAY 1997. ALSO FIRST PRINTING WITH FULL 10 DIGIT NUMBER LINE. Nice tight, clean, bright book. One publisher's mark and no other marks or stickers.Satisfaction guaranteed. ( more information) Offered by Denton Quality Books (United States)
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PANDAEMONIUM: A NOVEL
Epstein, Leslie
NY, St. MartinÕs, 1997. [12], 398 pp. Fine SIGNED presentation copy of first edition, in dust jacket. ( more information) Offered by Q.M. Dabney & Co., Inc. (United States)
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NY: St Martins Pr, 1997 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by SYLVESTER & ORPHANOS (United States)
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NY: St. Martins' Press, 1997 SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Some bumping to book cover at top and bottom of spine and lower corners. Light wear to DJ edges.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. VG+/VG. ( more information) Offered by Lee's Book Attic (United States)
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Epstein, Leslie
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