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An expansive yet intimate story of desire artistic ambition and fidelity set in the glamorous literary and film circles of 1950s ItalyIn July of 1953 at a glittering party thrown by Truman Capote in Portofino Italy Tennessee Williams and his longtime lover Frank Merlo meet Anja Blomgren a mysterious young Swedish beauty and aspiring actress. Their encounter will go on to alter all of their lives.Ten years later Frank revisits the tempestuous events of that fateful summer from his deathbed in Manhattan where he waits anxiously for Tennessee to visit him one final time. Anja now legendary film icon Anja Bloom lives as a recluse in present-day America until a young man connected to the events of 1953 lures her reluctantly back into the spotlight after he discovers she possesses the only copy of an unknown play--Tennessee's last.What keeps two people together and what breaks them apart? Can we save someone else if we can't save ourselves? With emotional clarity and grace Leading Men seamlessly weaves fact and fiction to navigate the tensions between public figures and their private lives. In an ultimately heartbreaking story about the burdens of fame and the complex negotiations of life in the shadows of greatness Castellani creates an unforgettable leading lady in Anja Bloom and reveals the hidden machinery of one of the great literary love stories of the twentieth-century.

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