Peter Collier
Things in Glocca Morra Hardback Book
"Whats the point of being Irish anyway if you dont think the world will break your heart?" asks Jack Kennedy. He is spellbound by a song about Irelands neverland of dreams "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" No one better knew the real JFKs dreams and passions than Lem Billings, a prepschool roommate who made himself "sidekick everlasting." The late Peter Collier had the great fortune to obtain oral histories from Billings himself, and they became the basis for a vivid biographical novel in Lems voice. On assignment with the Hearst newspapers, Jack goes with Lem to Hollywood, that neverland of dreams he loves for "the feeling that something might happen." Things do. Communists and gangsters vie for control of the film industry. There are labor strikes, blackmail, assassinations. And there are glamorous actresses. Joseph Kennedy Sr. hovers oppressively over his son and aims to derail his romance with Valentina, survivor of an Italian prison camp and daughter of a mobster. The world breaks Jacks heart, and he dives into politics with steely purpose. But the interlude in Hollywood sends ripples through the Kennedys lives. When Lem gets the news of JFKs assassination, he instantly thinks of Vals fathera man whose middle name is vendetta. Billings never got the answers he sought about Jacks death. As for his intimate knowledge of the Kennedys, he remained ever discreet, but left a trove of recollections to be opened by a later generation. Channeled through Colliers lively and...
Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: Encounter Books; Classification: FV; Weight: 610 g; Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 28
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"Whats the point of being Irish anyway if you dont think the world will break your heart?" asks Jack Kennedy. He is spellbound by a song about Irelands neverland of dreams "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" No one better knew the real JFKs dreams and passions than Lem Billings, a prepschool roommate who made himself "sidekick everlasting." The late Peter Collier had the great fortune to obtain oral histories from Billings himself, and they became the basis for a vivid biographical novel in Lems voice. On assignment with the Hearst newspapers, Jack goes with Lem to Hollywood, that neverland of dreams he loves for "the feeling that something might happen." Things do. Communists and gangsters vie for control of the film industry. There are labor strikes, blackmail, assassinations. And there are glamorous actresses. Joseph Kennedy Sr. hovers oppressively over his son and aims to derail his romance with Valentina, survivor of an Italian prison camp and daughter of a mobster. The world breaks Jacks heart, and he dives into politics with steely purpose. But the interlude in Hollywood sends ripples through the Kennedys lives. When Lem gets the news of JFKs assassination, he instantly thinks of Vals fathera man whose middle name is vendetta. Billings never got the answers he sought about Jacks death. As for his intimate knowledge of the Kennedys, he remained ever discreet, but left a trove of recollections to be opened by a later generation. Channeled through Colliers lively and...
Binding: Hardback;240 pages; Publisher: Encounter Books; Classification: FV; Weight: 610 g; Dimensions: 160 x 237 x 28
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