The long take
Robertson, Robin, 1955-2018
Book
Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone sour but - as those dark, classic movies made clear - the country needed outsiders to study and dramatise its new anxieties.
Main title:
The long take / Robin Robertson.
Author:
Robertson, Robin, 1955-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2018.
Collation:
1 volume ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781509846887 (hbk)9781509846894 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
821.9'2
Language:
English
BRN:
236205