Overview
USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia andĀ barelyāconcealedĀ antiāSemitism. The country is in the firm grip of McCarthy'sĀ Hueys, a secret police force evolved from the House Un-American Activities Committee. Hollywood's sparkling vision of the American dream has beenĀ suppressed;Ā its remaining talents forced to turn outĀ endlessĀ antiācommunist propaganda.
LAPD detectiveĀ Morris BakerāaĀ HolocaustĀ survivor who drowns his fractured memories of the unspeakable in schnapps and workāis called to the scene of a horrific doubleāhomicide. The victims are John Huston, aĀ onceāpromisingĀ but now forgotten film director, and an upāandācoming young journalist named Walter Cronkite. Clutched in the hand of one of the dead men is a cryptic note containing the phrase ābeat theĀ devilsā followed by a singleĀ name: Baker. Did the two men die in an attack fueled by better-dead-than-red sentiment, as theĀ HueysĀ are quick to conclude, or were they murdered in a cover-up designed to protectāor even set in motionāa secret plot connected to Baker's past?
In a country where terrorĀ grows stronger by the day, and paranoiaĀ risesĀ unchecked, Baker is determined to find justice for two men who raised their voices in a time when free speech comes at the ultimate cost.Ā In the course ofĀ his investigation, Baker stumbles into a conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls ofĀ power andĀ uncovers aĀ secretĀ that could destroy the City of Angelsāand the American ideal itself.
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