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Sadness at Leaving

0% | Jan 01, 1992 |

Following the erection of the Berlin wall, special agent Carl Halman is assigned by East German intelligence to move to New York where he’ll “sleep” as a writer until he is called. Using the code-name “April 23,” Carl successfully infiltrates the uptown-downtown literary world in 1950s New York. He edits a magazine, follows the Knicks, and marries Melinda, the socialite wife of best-selling jock novelist Hubert Cleaver, Ayden’s hilarious Norman Mailer pastiche. Through Carl’s eyes, we see New York City change from an outpost of Europe to the new capital of an anarchistic, post-ideological world. But then, when Carl least expects it, he’s called.

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Chris Kraus
Director
Erje Ayden
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Richard Hell
Carl Halman
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George Bartenieff
Hubert Cleaver
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Larry Gregory
Nat Cooper
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Penny Arcade
Juanita

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