REVIEWS OF TWILIGHT MAN

New York Times
”A Hollywood Love Story With Glitz, Greed and the Threat of Social Ruin” (Brooks Barnes)

“[Liz Brown] set out to learn more about a mysterious photograph, one that her grandmother had tucked away in a bedroom drawer. The bonkers saga she uncovered involves Prohibition-era Hollywood, the Copper Kings of Montana, a treacherous sister, a Nazi prison, a crook named Charles Crooks, Mexico City nightclubs and a gallant whippet named Gynt. At its center is a gay love story that, as Brown writes in the introduction, had been “wrongfully erased.”

“Brown’s research is jaw-dropping in its meticulousness.”

“‘Twilight man’ was slang for a person who could only be himself in the dimly lit edge of everyday life, compelled to live in fear and love in secret.

But not anymore.”

Kirkus
“[An] absorbing debut . . . a history of power, corruption, greed, and betrayal.”

Los Angeles Review of Books

“Twilight Man is biography, romance, and nonfiction mystery, carrying with it the bite of fiction."

"[A]n epic of loss, heartbreak, and survival."

Booklist
“An engrossing quest…Brown delivers an intimate portrait of a clandestine relationship and offers intriguing insight into queer history.”

Library Journal
“A definite must-read for fans of early Hollywood, and those interested in LGBTQ history, with plenty of scandals and gossip to grab interest.”  

Big Sky Journal
”Though set principally in Hollywood, [Harrison] Post’s life of decadent excess and vast riches — as well as debilitating illness and financial destruction at the hands of treacherous relatives — is far too extraordinarily unbelievable to have been the stuff of movies. With vibrant storytelling and painstakingly researched detail, Brown shows the truth behind the cliche ‘reality is stranger than fiction.’”

Photo: Harrison Post’s address book.