The Age of Dreaming

The Age of Dreaming explores the history of Los Angeles, the heady beginnings of the movie industry, and the interplay of race and celebrity.

“Rare indeed is a novel this deeply pleasurable and significant.” —Booklist, Starred Review

“[Nina Revoyr is] an empathetic chronicler of the dispossessed outsider in LA.” —Los Angeles Times

Jun Nakayama was a silent film star in the early days of Hollywood, but by 1964, he finds himself living in complete obscurity—until a young writer, Nick Bellinger, ...