Mr. Wilder and Me bristow When Detective Harry McCoy arrives

When Detective Harry McCoy arrives at the scene of a double shooting in the middle of a busy Glasgow street

The way she undresses

assassinating him

Agnes endures these trials

and the Shadowghast—an ancient spirit in a lantern—lurks in wait for the power to enslave the town

Mr. Wilder and Me bristow When Detective Harry McCoy arrivesA naive young woman called Calista finds herself working for the famed Hollywood director Billy Wilder, about whom she knows almost nothing. While Calista is thrilled with her new adventure, Wilder himself is living with the realization that his star may be on the wane. In a novel that is at once a tender coming of age story and an intimate portrait of one of cinemas most intriguing figures, Jonathan Coe turns his gaze on the nature of time and fame,