Shadow of a Lion

On September 23, 1947, a number of the film industry's leading writers, producers, and directors received subpoenas that summoned them to Washington to testify before the Un-American Activities Committee of the House of Representatives. The McCarthy era had begun--and with it the destruction of hundreds of careers. This bold, multidimensional novel recreates life in the inner circles of the film industry in Washington, Hollywood, and the major capitals of Europe, portraying desparate people trying to rebuild their lives in the wake of McCarthyism.

La 23 septembrie 1947, un numar de scriitori, producatori si regizori de frunte ai industriei cinematografice au primit citatii care i-au convocat la Washington pentru a depune marturie in fata Comitetului pentru activitati neamericane al Camerei Reprezentantilor. Era McCarthy incepuse - si odata cu distrugerea a sute de cariere.