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<p><b>Shortlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2014</b></p><p><i>Mesdames et Messieurs presenting La Petite Mort or A Little Death ...</i></p><p>A silent film destroyed in a fire in 1914 at the Pathé studio before it was seen even by its director.</p><p>A lowly seamstress who makes the costumes she should be wearing but believes her talent - and the secret she keeps too - will soon get her a dressing room of her own.</p><p>A famous - and dashing - creator of spectacular cinematic illusions husband to a beautiful volatile actress the most adored icon of the Parisian studios. </p><p>All fit together like scenes in a movie. And as you will see this plot has a twist we beg you not to disclose ...</p>>

