Walking into the night : a novel / Olaf Olafsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951.

Icelandic Americans--Fiction.

Icelandic Americans.

Hearst, William Randolph, 1863-1951--Fiction.

Hearst, William Randolph.

Butlers.

San Simeon (Calif.)--Fiction.

San Simeon (Calif.).

Loss (Psychology)--Fiction.

Loss (Psychology).

Runaway husbands--Fiction.

Runaway husbands.

Butlers--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)

Physical Description:

265 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Anchor Books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 2004.

Summary:

As butler to William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon castle, Christian Benediktsson lives quietly, almost invisibly. He completes his tasks efficiently and with aplomb, catering to the whims of the volatile Chief and overseeing the running of the hectic household. Privy to the goings-on of the celebrity guests who visit as well as to Hearst's intimate relationship with his mistress, the actress Marion Davies, he is the picture of discretion. An extremely private man, those around him know nothing of him or his life. And so it is in his thoughts and in unsent letters to his wife back in Iceland that we witness the unraveling of his former life, which began when he abandoned her and their children for an actress in New York City. Once a successful businessman, he erases his past and himself after a sudden tragic death and his financial ruin, the result of a jilted lover's vengeance. Walking into the Night is a stunning portrait of a man wrestling with guilt and secret passions.

ISBN:

1400034809

9781400034802

OCLC:

56882765

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