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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood

bySam Wasson

The Big Goodbye is Sam Wasson's biographical portrait of chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood. By tracing causes alongside consequences, the narrative gives readers both a grounded account and a route into the connected fields of biography & autobiography and performing arts. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The Big Goodbye leaves readers with key context and a clear view of the human stakes involved. It is written for readers seeking substance as well as a clear path through the material.

Publisher

Flatiron Books

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781250301826