Description
From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Daughter of Doctor Moreau and Mexican Gothic comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about a curse that haunts a legendary lost film - and awakens one woman's hidden powers. Montserrat has always been overlooked. She's a talented sound editor, but she's left out of the boys' club running the film industry in '90s Mexico City. And she's all-but-invisible to her best friend Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, even though she's been in love with him since childhood. Then Tristán discovers his new neighbour is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he has a way to change their lives - even if his tales of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed. Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend . . . As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristan might find out that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies . . .
| EAN: | 9781529418064 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 16.07.2024 |
| Autoren: | Moreno-Garcia, Silvia |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 318 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy |
| Keyword: | film; horror; horror film; occult; occult film; romance; dark romance; mexico city; mexican gothic; silvia moreno-garcia; illumicrate; john carpenter; adventure; 1990s; retro; beach read; film history; film buffs; best books for film fans; best books for mums; gael garcia bernal; secret history; 1960s film; mid-century modern; mystery; 1940s; silver nitrate; film stock; classic film; movie magic |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Kriminalroman, Thriller~Horror / Romane, Erzählungen, Heftromane~Mexikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Thriller / Spannung~Dark Fantasy~Zeitgenössische Horrorliteratur~Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch |
| Imprint-Titels: | Arcadia |
| Länge: | 196 mm |
| Breite: | 127 mm |