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...What inspired you to write “Silent Lies?...
...Silent Lies?? traces Leo Hoffman in his evolution from Hungarian peasant boy to American spy. Alienated from his family by his intelligence and appearance, Leo attracts the attention of his teacher, a member of the Hungarian bourgeoisie, performing a turn of the century Teach for America stint. The teacher convinces Leo’s family to send him to Budapest for schooling. There he meets the Countess Julia, a friend of his foster mother who initiates him to the ways of sex at the tender...
Part family saga, part spy thriller, “Silent Lies?? has an old-fashioned feel...
...Silent Lies?? has the feel of a first time novel, which it is. Although the reader may not feel an emotional urgency on behalf of Leo, the plot takes enough twists and turns to make the ride agreeable...
Atom Egoyan’s “Where the Truth Lies?? may be based on a novel by Rupert Holmes, who is best known for penning “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” but, contrary to expectations, the film is not about piña coladas and getting caught in the rain so much as pill overdoses and getting found dead in a bathtub.From the opening shot (pan across a bathroom, ominous music, an overly-loving close-up of a naked woman drowned in a bathtub), “Where...