Collaborators depicts the personal, political, and artistic relationships among Elia Kazan, Arthur Miller, and Marilyn Monroe during the 1950s. Set amidst Hollywood blacklisting and sexual exploitation, McCarthy witch hunts, the violent struggle for civil rights, and Cold War nuclear brinkmanship, the drama has two main threads: the love and marriage between Miller and Monroe; and the ramifications of Kazan's decision to "name names" before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC).
COLLABORATORS strives to remain historically accurate while imagining the characters' interior lives as they move through this turbulent period. The novel shows Monroe to be an intelligent, perceptive and authentic artist frustrated by a culture that refuses to recognize her as such; it offers a balanced depiction of Kazan's dilemma when he was called upon to name names, and it presents Miller in love, torn between his passion and his strong sense of duty and proper action.
- ISBN13 9781716137808
- Publish Date 30 March 2020
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 29 June 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format Paperback
- Pages 334
- Language English