From the author of emUncommon Type/em comes a panoramic debut novel spanning eight decades, as a multimillion-dollar superhero movie inspired by a classic comic nears completion. A story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a cast of characters including a troubled soldier returning from war, a young boy with an artistic gift, an inspired and eccentric director, a pompous film star on the rise, a tireless production assistant and countless film crew members that together create Hollywood magic. iThe Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece/i offers an insider's take on the efforts it takes to make a film. At once a reflection on America's past and present, on the world of show business and the real world we all live in.