Saranchi Day. A friend of the mourners. West N.

The story “Locus Day”, written by West while working in Hollywood at the beginning of the Golden Age of American cinema, is included in the lists of “100 best English -speaking novels of the twentieth century” Modern Library and “100 best English -speaking novels from 1923 to 2005” by Time. In 1975, it was filmed by the classic of American cinema John Schlezinger.

Young artist Tod Heket belongs to the middle layers of the aristocracy of the "Dream Factory". However, acquaintance with the unusually beautiful and grip of the beginning actress Fei Griner and a small entrepreneur in love with her by Homer Simpson introduces him into a completely new world of Hollywood “little people” - stuntmen, extras and actors of episodes. Tod could not even imagine which life is hidden behind the facade of the film “Paradise” in fact...

The edition also includes the story “A friend of the mourners.”