Gaston Leroux The Man Behind the Man Behind the Mask |
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| Author:
| Santer, Lynn |
| As told to:
| Hosek, Rich |
| ISBN: | 978-1-953566-04-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2022 |
| Publisher: | Paraphrase, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Politics. Intrigue. Racial prejudice. A fabled phantom who proved to be real in flesh and blood. Wine, women, and song. Squandering the family fortune. Love and betrayal. Murder most foul. The life story of Gaston Leroux has it all and more.A flamboyant figure in 1920s Parisian society, Gaston was a respected lawyer who became the world's first investigative journalist before he turned to novel writing after squandering his inheritance. He wrote the world's first locked door murder...
More DescriptionPolitics. Intrigue. Racial prejudice. A fabled phantom who proved to be real in flesh and blood. Wine, women, and song. Squandering the family fortune. Love and betrayal. Murder most foul. The life story of Gaston Leroux has it all and more.A flamboyant figure in 1920s Parisian society, Gaston was a respected lawyer who became the world's first investigative journalist before he turned to novel writing after squandering his inheritance. He wrote the world's first locked door murder mystery before stumbling onto a living witness to the "Phantom of the Opera" saga and became determined to prove that Erik aka "The Phantom" was real.