The Glimmer Palace

Colin, Beatrice

ISBN 10: 0143143212 ISBN 13: 9780143143215

Publisher: Penguin Group USA, 2008

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"As moving as it is smart, this tough-minded extravaganza had me from page one. The Glimmer Palace is a dazzling tale of survival in the urban wilderness."
-- Emma Donoghue, author of "Slammerkin" and "Life Mask"

aAs spellbinding as the era in which its set, Beatrice Colinas "The Glimmer Palace" is a rare marriage of muscular scholarship and high romance. In the chiaroscuro of Lillyas coming of ageafrom orphan to struggling war bride to triumphant and ultimately vulnerable film staraweare given all the flashes of brilliance and deep shadow that defined the birth of an industry and a troubled century.a
aSheri Holman, author of "The Dress Lodger" and "The Mammoth Cheese"
aWritten with intelligence and shimmer, "The Glimmer Palace" transports the reader to Berlin in the first part of the twentieth century. Colinas heroine, Lilly Aphrodite, is as rich, alive, and dangerous as the city she inhabits; and as the novel progresses, Berlinas history becomes her own.a
aDavid Ebershoff, author of "The Danish Girl" and "The 19th Wife"
aThere are few characters as beguiling as the incomparable Tiny Lil. And Colin tells her riveting storyaand the enthralling story of prewar Berlinabreathlessly and triumphantly.a
aJennifer Gilmore, author of "Golden Country"
aAs moving as it is smart, this extravaganza had me from page one. "The Glimmer Palace" is a dazzling epic of survival in the urban wilderness of cabaret-era Berlin.a
aEmma Donoghue, author of "Slammerkin" and "Life Mask"
aCaptivatinga]Beatrice Colinas irresistible novel, "The Glimmer Palace," follows the eventful life of a Berlin orphan who becomes a rising star in the brand-new medium of the cinema. Early 20th-century Berlin is just like Colinas main character: anything it wants to be and full of promise to be more. . . . Colinas memorable tale is also the story of Germanyas film industry between the wars. Though thehistorical detail rings true, it is a mere backdrop to the compelling story of Lillya] The Glimmer Palace is haunting.a
a"Bookpage"
"As moving as it is smart, this tough-minded extravaganza had me from page one. The Glimmer Palace is a dazzling tale of survival in the urban wilderness."
-- Emma Donoghue, author of "Slammerkin" and "Life Mask"

aThis extravaganza had me from page one.a
aEmma Donoghue, author of "Slammerkin"
aColinas heroine, Lilly Aphrodite, is as rich, alive, and dangerous as the city she inhabits; and as the novel progresses, Berlinas history becomes her own.a
aDavid Ebershoff, author of "The 19th Wife" and "The Danish Girl"
aAbsorbinga]Deftly captur[es] the eraas sense of frenzied invention and seductive promise.a
a"The New York Times Book Review"

"This extravaganza had me from page one."
-Emma Donoghue, author of "Slammerkin"
"Colin's heroine, Lilly Aphrodite, is as rich, alive, and dangerous as the city she inhabits; and as the novel progresses, Berlin's history becomes her own."
-David Ebershoff, author of "The 19th Wife" and "The Danish Girl"
"Absorbing...Deftly captur[es] the era's sense of frenzied invention and seductive promise."
-"The New York Times Book Review"

"This extravaganza had me from page one."
-Emma Donoghue, author of Slammerkin
"Colin's heroine, Lilly Aphrodite, is as rich, alive, and dangerous as the city she inhabits; and as the novel progresses, Berlin's history becomes her own."
-David Ebershoff, author of The 19th Wife and The Danish Girl
"Absorbing...Deftly captur[es] the era's sense of frenzied invention and seductive promise."
-The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Beatrice Colin was born in London and raised in Scotland. She has worked as a freelance journalist, writing for publications including The Guardian, and as a playwright, writing radio plays for the BBC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Group USA
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0143143212
• ISBN 13: 9780143143215
• Binding: Audio CD