Father of Frankenstein - Info and Reading Options
By Christopher Bram
"Father of Frankenstein" was published by Dutton in 1995 - New York, it has 276 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Father of Frankenstein” Metadata:
- Title: Father of Frankenstein
- Author: Christopher Bram
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 276
- Publisher: Dutton
- Publish Date: 1995
- Publish Location: New York
“Father of Frankenstein” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ British - Fiction - Frankenstein films - Gay men - Motion picture producers and directors - Production and direction - Frankenstein (Fictitious character) - Los angeles (calif.), fiction - Whale, james, 1889-1957, fiction - Fiction, biographical - Gay men, fiction - Fiction, psychological - Motion picture industry, fiction - New York Times reviewed
- People: James Whale (d. 1957)
- Places: California - Los Angeles (Calif.)
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 276 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL1089125M - OL503317W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 30625282
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 94013192
- ISBN-10: 052593913X
- All ISBNs: 052593913X
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"Father of Frankenstein" Description:
The Open Library:
James Whale, the elegant director of such classic horror films as Frankenstein and The Bride of Frankenstein, was found at his Los Angeles mansion in 1957, dead of unnatural causes. Christopher Bram, whose social insight and wit have earned him comparisons to Henry James and Gore Vidal, explores the mystery of Whale's last days in this evocative and suspenseful work of fiction. Home from the hospital after a minor stroke, Whale becomes convinced that his time is nearly over. Increasingly confused and disoriented, he is overwhelmed by images from the past: his working-class childhood in Britain, lavish Hollywood premieres in the 1930s attended with a nervous lover, meeting Garbo, parties with Elsa Manchester, Charles Laughton, and Elizabeth Taylor, nightmares from his own movies. Handsome ex-marine Clayton Boone, an angry loner who is Whale's gardener, becomes the focus of a fantastic plot Whale devises to provide his life with the dramatic ending it deserves. Bram juxtaposes the worlds of two very different men, James Whale and Clayton Boone, deftly shifting between the complex mind of an English exile full of experience and sardonic humor, and that of an American whose attitude toward Whale moves from disgust to fascination to a final shock of disbelief. Suggesting influences as diverse as Sunset Boulevard and the works of Christopher Isherwood, Father of Frankenstein is a rich yet cutting look at fame, mortality, and hidden desire. Often praised for his singular take on history, culture, and sex, Bram has surpassed himself with this ingenious new novel.
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