Shaky City Welcomes the World - Adum, Peter
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It's July, 1984, and struggling writer Niko Petrovich is delighted that his city, Los Angeles, is about to host the Olympic Games. Although Niko just had his first play produced, he still feels the pressure to build on this success, or be forced to give up on his dreams altogether. But when his elderly friend, Beryl Hartgrove, a renowned photographer, becomes ill, Niko jumps in to help rescue her archive of historic photographs, some of which document L. A.'s first Olympics, the 1932 Summer Games. As Niko tries to save Beryl's photographs, he becomes immersed in the city's past. He meets…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
It's July, 1984, and struggling writer Niko Petrovich is delighted that his city, Los Angeles, is about to host the Olympic Games. Although Niko just had his first play produced, he still feels the pressure to build on this success, or be forced to give up on his dreams altogether. But when his elderly friend, Beryl Hartgrove, a renowned photographer, becomes ill, Niko jumps in to help rescue her archive of historic photographs, some of which document L. A.'s first Olympics, the 1932 Summer Games. As Niko tries to save Beryl's photographs, he becomes immersed in the city's past. He meets former Olympians, a literary hero of his, and one of the city's power brokers. Niko finds himself embroiled in dramatic events on the very eve of the Olympics. While optimistic about the future, Niko can't help feeling that his entire world is built on shaky ground.
Autorenporträt
Peter Adum studied theater at The University of Southern California. After graduation, he worked on the staff at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. During this time, he wrote screenplays and plays. At the Taper, he adapted John Fante's novel Dreams From Bunker Hill for their literary cabaret. He also collaborated with Joyce Fante on the play The Boys in the Backroom, about the group of 1930s writers who gathered at the Stanley Rose Bookshop in Hollywood. For the past 25 years, Peter has been a teacher living in the Seattle area with his wife, Elizabeth, and their overly demanding cat, Ellie. In 2018, Amazon and Kindle books published his first novel, A New Day Yesterday, set in his hometown of San Pedro, California.