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008			210820s2022 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2021041419
020			_a9781538719442 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9781538719459 _q(paperback)
020			_z9781538719435 _q(ebook)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
042			_apcc
050	0	0	_aPS3623.E45537 _bB43 2022
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223
100	1		_aWeiss, Josh, _eauthor. _920867
245	1	0	_aBeat the devils / _cJosh Weiss.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York ; _aBoston : _bGrand Central Publishing, _c2022.
300			_a363 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
520			_a"USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely-concealed anti-Semitism. The country is in the firm grip of McCarthy's Hueys, a secret police force evolved from the House of Unamerican Activities Committee. Hollywood's sparkling vision of the American dream has been suppressed; its remaining talents forced to turn out endless anti-communist propaganda. LAPD detective Morris Baker-a Holocaust survivor who drowns his fractured memories of the unspeakable in schnapps and work-is called to the scene of a horrific double-homicide. The victims are John Huston, a once-promising but now forgotten film director, and an up-and-coming young journalist named Walter Cronkite. Clutched in the hand of one of the dead men is a cryptic note containing the phrase "beat the devils" followed by a single name: Baker. Did the two men die in a murder-suicide, as the Hueys are quick to conclude, or were they murdered in a coverup designed to protect-or even set in motion-a secret plot connected to Baker's past? In a country where terror grows stronger by the day, and paranoia rises unchecked, Baker is determined to find justice for two men who raised their voices in a time when free speech comes at the ultimate cost. In the course of his investigation, Baker stumbles into a conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of power and uncovers a secret that could destroy the City of Angels-and the American ideal itself"-- _cProvided by publisher.
655		7	_aThrillers (Fiction) _2lcgft _9486
655		7	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _9485
655		7	_aAlternative histories (Fiction) _2lcgft _920868
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _950
942			_2ddc _cBOOK
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