Garbo LaughsThis is a quixotic tale about movie love. Harriet Browning is so saturated with old movies, seen repeatedly and swallowed whole, that she no longer fits into this world. Equally addicted are her three companions-of-the-screen: a son who loves Frank Sinatra, a daughter with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Breaking in upon this quiet backwater come two refugees from Hollywood, the jaded widow of a famous screenwriter and her movie-expert stepson. They are Harsh Reality. With them come blackouts, arguments, accidents, illness, and sudden death. But what chance does real life stand when we can watch movies instead? In this brilliant, sad-eyed comedy of secondhand desire, movies and movie lovers come first. |
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Page 27
... walk that hugged the harbor with the ocean on the left , Old Havana on the right , the colonial fort a large , dark bulk far ahead , and so many people walking be- cause so few had cars . He was seeing that and seeing her long , pale ...
... walk that hugged the harbor with the ocean on the left , Old Havana on the right , the colonial fort a large , dark bulk far ahead , and so many people walking be- cause so few had cars . He was seeing that and seeing her long , pale ...
Page 215
... walk Buster . So she didn't suspect , thought Fiona . But then I'm the one who sees them to- gether . All fall Lew and Dinah Bloom had dropped over most nights , Buddy in tow , to pick up Buster and take him along for an evening walk ...
... walk Buster . So she didn't suspect , thought Fiona . But then I'm the one who sees them to- gether . All fall Lew and Dinah Bloom had dropped over most nights , Buddy in tow , to pick up Buster and take him along for an evening walk ...
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... walk . A group of kids were out sliding on the small hummock of a hill be- tween Downing Street and Colonel By . She heard cries of delight , and every so often the sound of ice in the trees , like un- earthly wind chimes , different ...
... walk . A group of kids were out sliding on the small hummock of a hill be- tween Downing Street and Colonel By . She heard cries of delight , and every so often the sound of ice in the trees , like un- earthly wind chimes , different ...
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