The world must appear strange as you peer through our hero’s eyes. Your eyes now.
The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry.
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The world must appear strange as you peer through our hero’s eyes. Your eyes now.
The author discusses his new book on Merle Oberon, the Golden Age of Hollywood starlet whose South Asian heritage was hidden from the industry.
I had a kind of premonition, even before a word was said, that things were about to shift.
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