Word: protagonist
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...setting is a Montreal ghetto, around 1925. The protagonist is an extraordinarily appealing little boy named David (Jeffrey Lynas). Struggling for possession of his young mind are his father (Len Birman) and his grandfather (Yossi Yadin). The former is a hustler, determined to abandon traditional Jewish ways and invent his way upward (creaseless pants, expandable cuff links−so you can roll up your sleeves without unlinking them). The latter is a sweet-spirited, loving junk dealer, who is equally determined to imbue David with the belief that an Orthodox faith can still serve successfully as a guide to existence...
...premier American whodunit writer, whose corpulent orchidologist-detective, Nero Wolfe, with the help of his faithful legman Archie Goodwin, solved crimes in 46 books that were translated into 22 languages and sold more than 45 million copies; at his home in Danbury, Conn. As sinewy and energetic as his protagonist was fat and lethargic, Stout would work out the story line for such mystery novels as The Doorbell Rang and Too Many Cooks while puttering about his daily cooking or gardening chores, then sit down and type out a complete mystery in 38 days of writing. Stout's agoraphobic...
...would be unable to pay its bills." Still, the city's current agony has an element of déjà vu: in 1965, when Beame was losing his first mayoralty race to John Lindsay, Barrett published his first and only novel, The Mayor of New York. Its protagonist, Barrett's fictional mayor, was forced from office after proposing an unsuccessful master plan to save his financially hard-pressed city...
...Professor embrace all of them, opening his arms to their indulgences and sanctioning their moral impotence. "You could be my family," the Professor tells them all almost longingly, weighing his cloistered life against their wasted ones and finding that his own is wanting. For both Visconti and his protagonist, it is the conclusion of a numb and desperate...
...novel of the '50s. Since the movie opened last month, O has become a major news story in France. Radio and TV programs endlessly debate the film's merits. The weekly L'Express featured Actress Corinne Cléry, who plays the film's tortured protagonist, on its cover, nude above the waist, and inside printed six graphic full-color stills from the movie...