I'm Dying Laughing

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453265239

<DIV><b>Christina Stead&rsquo;s unforgettable final novel&mdash;a profound examination of love and radicalism during the McCarthy era</b><b><BR></b></div><DIV><BR>In the wake of the Great Depression, Emily Wilkes, a young American journalist, travels to a Europe still scarred by World War I. During her crossing, she meets Stephen Howard, a charismatic and wealthy Communist who quickly converts Emily to his ideals when the two become lovers. Upon their return to the States, they marry and settle into a comfortable life in Hollywood as darlings of the American left. Emily shines as a screenwriter and novelist while Stephen dedicates himself to the Party line&mdash;but their radicalism soon finds them out of favor and retreating to Paris, where they tragically and bitterly unravel. Published posthumously by Christina Stead&rsquo;s literary executor professor Ron Geering, <i>I&rsquo;m Dying Laughing </i>is an unflinching look at political faith and romantic attachment.</div>