A stinging satirical novel about the film industry, trifling studio feuds, and the filming of the fatuous movie Prater Violet, an unashamedly romantic and commercial musical about old Vienna, which ironically counterpointsthe tragedy of Hitler's lengthening shadow falling over the real Vienna of the 1930s. First published in 1945 to a fury of critical speculation and acclaim. 128p. Pap.
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A stinging satirical novel about the film industry, trifling studio feuds, and the filming of the fatuous movie Prater Violet, an unashamedly romantic and commercial musical about old Vienna, which ironically counterpointsthe tragedy of Hitler's lengthening shadow falling over the real Vienna of the 1930s. First published in 1945 to a fury of critical speculation and acclaim. 128p. Pap.