The Silver Face Simon Lelic Owen Archer

Owen Archer

Melvyn Bragg's portrait of the mood and politics of the era remains as pertinent today as on its original publication

what began as an absorbing evening of bridge was to turn into a more dangerous game altogether

and like the rest of the world

The Silver Face Simon Lelic Owen ArcherJohn Ray Horn knows all about loss and regret. He was once Sierra Lane, hero to countless youngsters in a series of cheap westerns. Now, after a spell in prison, he lives on the margins of 1940s Los Angeles. Blacklisted by the studios, he makes ends meet by collecting debts for his old Indian co star, Joseph Mad Crow. One rain soaked LA evening, a chance encounter brings Horn into contact with an old flame. Rose Galen played the female lead in his