Close-Up
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Len Deighton. Close-Up
Cover designer’s note
Len Deighton. Close-Up
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Contents
Introduction
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About the Author
Other Books by Len Deighton
About the Publisher
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When I moved from my London home to Hollywood in 1978 I made a pilgrimage to the famed Hollywood sign. To my great dismay I found that the former real estate sign that later became the iconic landmark of “The Motion Picture Capital of the World” had become derelict.
Thankfully, due to the sterling work of some entertainment luminaries, the sign was later restored to its former glory but I never forgot how it had looked. So when I was asked to create a new design for Close-Up, Len Deighton’s wonderful tale of the glamour and sleaze of the film industry personified in the fictitious Marshall Stone, the sign’s deteriorating characters gave me the idea of dropping the letter “S”, alluding to Stone’s fall from favour.
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‘Thank you.’ She declined with a movement of an uncared-for hand.
‘What have you been doing lately, Dorothy?’
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