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Title details for Blacklist by Jerry Ludwig - Available

Blacklist

by Jerry Ludwig
Adam J. Rough
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Today, people point fingers and shout, terrorist! Not long ago, the accusation was, Communist! Many who testified before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee said they did so out of desperation and fear. Those who refused to speak were fired or blacklisted. Others fled rather than betray friends...or their belief in American liberty. David Weber and Jana Vardian were Hollywood's golden children. Then HUAC shattered their idyll, sending David and his parents into exile in Europe; Jana's father testified and soon became a famous director. When people with ties to HUAC and to David's father begin turning up dead, long-buried secrets are dragged into the open. FBI agent Brian McKenna quickly tags recently repatriated David as the prime suspect, but in a world where special effects can turn a man into a beast, Hollywood's sheen of glamour cannot long mask its dark past.

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  • Release date

    July 1, 2014

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666586404
      • File size: 341073 KB
      • Duration: 11:50:34

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listeners are taken back to an uneasy Hollywood of the mid-twentieth century, when the aftermath of the House Un-American Activities Committee continues to affect so many lives. The story, recounted by voices representing different sides of the past events, gradually develops into a murder mystery. Together, narrators Adam J. Rough, John Pruden, and Erin Yuen ensure that the production enhances Ludwig's novel, without the multiple narrators ever feeling like a gimmick. Pruden's tone seems ideally matched to the character of an aging FBI agent who is wearied by his years in Hollywood but is still ambitious. Rough and Yuen convincingly portray younger characters who are reunited in love--each tainted by betrayal. K.J.P. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 14, 2014
      Set in 1959, this ponderous mystery from Ludwig (Getting Garbo) traces the fates of David Weaver and Jana Vardian, children of the screen-writing team of Theodore “Teddy” Weaver and Leo Vardian, Brooklyn boys who made it big in Hollywood. In the early ’50s, Teddy refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and went into exile abroad; Leo named names and continued to make films. David brings his father’s body back to L.A. for burial after 48-year-old Teddy dies of a heart attack in Rome. David reunites with Jana at the funeral. When red-baiting columnist Joe Shannon is murdered shortly after a confrontation with David, the LAPD is ready to pin the killing on him. Jana and David must figure out who’s framing him and why before it’s too late. Despite routine crime solving, Ludwig does a good job depicting the various blatant, subtle, and horrific ways the blacklist affected not only the whole movie industry but our entire social fabric. Agent: Al Zuckerman, Writers House.

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