Set in 1940's Hollywood, I found the suspense/mystery story of who killed the lead character's brother, to be a bit slow moving. While I appreciated the various layers of social history (union-busting, communist-hunting, escaping Nazi Germany), I found that they tended to make the story a little more convoluted, adding a lot of characters (dead and alive) to keep up with.
Perhaps it would help to know more about who the fictional movie studio characters are based on, because aside from the Red-hating congressman (McCarthy), I didn't really get the Hollywood parallels, although I'm sure they were there...
Perhaps it would help to know more about who the fictional movie studio characters are based on, because aside from the Red-hating congressman (McCarthy), I didn't really get the Hollywood parallels, although I'm sure they were there...
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