- Actresses, Fiction, New York Times reviewed, Actresses, fiction
In a darkened theater in New York City, a lawyer named Daley watches with the audience as a young actress, Becca Lang, is struck in the face by her costar. Daley, compelled to meet the actress and to understand what happened onstage, speaks to and forms a relationships with Becca.
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Contemporary, grave, prestige and contemplative.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Joseph McElroy
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Overlook TP, Overlook Press
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781585675791
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