Coe, Jonathan. Mr. Wilder and Me, 256 pages; Pub: 2020.
Leader: Lorna Melendy
DC Library: Book – 3 available; ebook – 3 available;
MCPL: Book – 3 available; audiobook – several available
This book is an historical novel set in the late 1970s, and tells the story of Hollywood director Billy Wilder’s struggles to write, finance and shoot his penultimate film Fedora, as observed through the eyes of a young Greek interpreter. The novel contains a mixture of real and invented characters.
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