El paraíso del diablo
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Add to basket2023. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Un thriller oscuro y fascinante ambientado en el Hollywood de la década de 1920 sobre «la mejor película de terror jamás realizada», la maldición que se dice que la rodea y una búsqueda mortal, décadas más tarde, de la única copia que se rumorea que aún existe.
1927: Mary Rourke, reparadora de estudios de Hollywood, es llamada a la casa palaciega de «la mujer más deseable del mundo», la actriz de cine mudo Norma Carlton, estrella de The Devil's Playground. Cuando Rourke encuentra a Carlton muerta, se pregunta si los oscuros rumores que ha escuchado son ciertos: que The Devil's Playground realmente es una producción maldita. Pero nada en Hollywood es lo que parece, y la cínica reparadora Rourke, más acostumbrada a encubrir la verdad a los jefes de los estudios, se encuentra buscándola.
1967: Paul Conway, historiador de cine y ferviente aficionado al cine mudo, está tras la pista de un tentador rumor: que puede existir una sola copia de The Devil's Playground, un Santo Grial para los cinéfilos que supuestamente estaba maldito y perdido en el tiempo. Su búsqueda lo lleva a las profundidades del desierto de Mojave, a un hotel aislado que no ha cambiado en cuarenta años pero que alberga a un solo ocupante y un secreto impactante.
Separados por décadas, tanto Rourke como Conway comienzan a sospechar que el verdadero Paraíso del Diablo es, de hecho, el mismo Hollywood.
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Craig Russell nació en Fife, Escocia, y ha trabajado como agente de policía, corrector de textos en una agencia de publicidad y director creativo.
Es autor de la exitosa serie que protagoniza Jan Fabel, ambientada en Hamburgo. En 2007, se le concedió el prestigioso premio Polizeistern (Estrella de la policía) que concede la Policía de Hamburgo y ha sido el único autor extranjero en recibir este galardón. El año 2008 ganó el CWA Dagger in the Library por su serie Fabel y, en 2015, el McIlvanney Prize por The Ghosts of Altona. También ha sido finalista, entre otros premios, del CWA Duncan Lawrie Golden Dagger, la más importante distinción del mundo para escritores de serie negra, así como el SNCF Prix Polar en Francia.
Russell es también el autor de la serie negra protagonizada por el detective Lennox. Su obra se ha traducido a veinticinco idiomas y ha sido adaptada a la pantalla en varias ocasiones.
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