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Previously titled Father of Frankenstein, this acclaimed novel was the basis for the 1998 film starring Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, and Brendan Fraser. It journeys back to 1957 Los Angeles, where James Whale, the once-famous director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is living in retirement, haunted by his past.
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Classical in form, nostalgic, grave and intimate.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Christopher Bram
- First published
- 2005
- Publisher
- HarperCollins, HarperCollins Publishers, Perennial
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061341786
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