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" Gods and monsters / "
Christopher Bram.
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BL
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987069
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b741439
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| Uniform Title
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Father of Frankenstein
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| Main Entry
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Bram, Christopher
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| Title & Author
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Gods and monsters /\ Christopher Bram.
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| Edition Statement
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First Harper Perennial edition.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Harper Perennial,, 2005.
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285, 16 pages ;; 21 cm
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| ISBN
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0060780878
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: 9780060780876
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| Notes
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Originally published under the title: Father of Frankenstein.
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| Abstract
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Previously titled Father of Frankenstein, this acclaimed novel was the basis for the 1998 film starring Sir Ian McKellen, Lynn Redgrave, and Brendan Fraser. It journeys back to 1957 Los Angeles, where James Whale, the once-famous director of such classics as Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, is living in retirement, haunted by his past. Rescuing him from his too-vivid imagination is his gardener, a handsome ex-marine. The friendship between these two very different men is sometimes.
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Tentative, sometimes touching, often dangerous -- and always captivating.
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Whale, James,1889-1957
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Whale, James,1889-1957.
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British-- California, Fiction.
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Frankenstein films-- Production and direction, Fiction.
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Gay men, Fiction.
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Motion picture producers and directors, Fiction.
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British-- California, Fiction.
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British.
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Frankenstein films-- Production and direction, Fiction.
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Gay men, Fiction.
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Gay men.
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Motion picture producers and directors, Fiction.
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Motion picture producers and directors.
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Los Angeles (Calif.), Fiction.
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California, Los Angeles.
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California.
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Los Angeles (Calif.)
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3552.R2817F38 2005
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I712.45clc
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| Cover Title
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Gods & monsters
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