The Resource Beat the devils, Josh Weiss
Beat the devils, Josh Weiss
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The item Beat the devils, Josh Weiss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System.
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- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538719442
- Label
- Beat the devils
- Title
- Beat the devils
- Statement of responsibility
- Josh Weiss
- Subject
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- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueFreedom of speech
- trueHolocaust survivors
- trueJewish men
- trueLos Angeles, California
- trueMcCarthyism
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Novels
- Novels
- truePolitical intrigue
- truePolitical persecution
- trueSecrets
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueXenophobia
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- trueAntisemitism
- trueCalifornia
- trueConspiracies
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- Donated in memory of Marcy Mantler Ford 2022
- FICTION / Alternative History
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
- FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
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- Provided by publisher
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- 11045221
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Weiss, Josh
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3623.E45537
- LC item number
- B43 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Murder
- FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
- FICTION / Alternative History
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
- Donated in memory of Marcy Mantler Ford 2022
- Label
- Beat the devils, Josh Weiss
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538719442
- Lccn
- 2021041419
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1257292469
- Label
- Beat the devils, Josh Weiss
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 363 pages
- Isbn
- 9781538719442
- Lccn
- 2021041419
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1257292469
Subject
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueFreedom of speech
- trueHolocaust survivors
- trueJewish men
- trueLos Angeles, California
- trueMcCarthyism
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- Novels
- Novels
- truePolitical intrigue
- truePolitical persecution
- trueSecrets
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- trueXenophobia
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- trueAntisemitism
- trueCalifornia
- trueConspiracies
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- Donated in memory of Marcy Mantler Ford 2022
- FICTION / Alternative History
- FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical
- FICTION / Thrillers / Crime
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