Blacklist, Jerry Ludwig
Blacklist, Jerry Ludwig
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Blacklist

Author: Jerry Ludwig

Narrator: Adam J Rough

Unabridged: 11 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2014

Synopsis

Today, people point fingers and shout, terrorist! Not long ago, the accusation was, Communist! Many who testified before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee said they did so out of desperation and fear. Those who refused to speak were fired or blacklisted. Others fled rather than betray friends...or their belief in American liberty. David Weber and Jana Vardian were Hollywood's golden children. Then HUAC shattered their idyll, sending David and his parents into exile in Europe; Jana's father testified and soon became a famous director. When people with ties to HUAC and to David's father begin turning up dead, long-buried secrets are dragged into the open. FBI agent Brian McKenna quickly tags recently repatriated David as the prime suspect, but in a world where special effects can turn a man into a beast, Hollywood's sheen of glamour cannot long mask its dark past. "An intense, vivid kaleidoscope of a serious novel masquerading as a whodunit." - John Weisman, New York Times bestselling author

About Jerry Ludwig

Jerry Ludwig is a multiple-Emmy Award-nominated writer for television. He has been nominated for the Golden Globe and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for TV writing; he has also won the Writers Guild of America Award. Ludwig has written for Murder, She Wrote; MacGyver; Mission: Impossible; and Hawaii Five-O. Jerry Ludwig lives in Carmel, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jen on May 07, 2014

Blacklist is one of the best novels I've read this year. Maybe this is because the McCarthy Era, the persecution of American citizens during the Red Scare, and the Red Baiting by Hoover has always fascinated and frightened me. The lives that were ruined, the vindictiveness of the House Un-American A......more

Goodreads review by Ruthless on August 18, 2014

I don't know a lot about "McCarthyism" so besides having an interesting plot, I hoped to learn about this era. I do remember the controversy surrounding Elia Kazan's Oscar. I enjoyed this mystery. It was fast paced with twists and turns, and I even cheated by checking the end before I finished the st......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy on February 04, 2018

I found this book to be a good insight into the minds of those who were blacklisted during the late 40's and into the fifties and early 60's. This one centered around murders that might be connected to the McCarthy hearings. For those who don't know, Senator Joe McCarthy went on a rampage and claime......more

Goodreads review by Celine on March 02, 2017

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Goodreads review by Diana on August 29, 2014

The "blacklist" of the McCarthy period, dating to the mid-to-late 1950's is a period that aging baby-boomers hardly remember, except through memories of parents' conversations about the "Red Scare". Seemingly anachronistic in a time when "Blacklist" conjures the current TV series (starring James Spa......more

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