{"id":8402,"date":"2010-09-15T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2010-09-15T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=8402"},"modified":"2010-09-09T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2010-09-09T20:22:57","slug":"the-ghost-writer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-ghost-writer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost Writer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2276043\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ghost-writer.jpg?resize=202%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ghost-writer.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/ghost-writer.jpg?w=432&amp;ssl=1 432w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re looking for\u00a0a thriller that&#8217;s engaging <em>and<\/em> scenic, <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|2276043\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Ghost Writer<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>fits the bill. Both\u00a0Martha&#8217;s Vineyard\u00a0(actually Germany) and a cast that includes Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor are easy on the eyes. The windswept beaches and desolate\u00a0rainstorms are forbidding yet stunningly beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Ewan McGregor\u00a0plays a professional ghostwriter who is hired to finish the memoirs of\u00a0 Adam Lang, a Tony Blair-like ex-prime minister. The book takes on more importance when Lang is accused of war crimes, and it becomes apparent that the job of ghostwriter may be a highly risky occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Roman Polanski and based on <a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|1997577\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Ghost<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by Robert Harris, the movie is intelligent and full of twists and turns right up until the last moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re looking for\u00a0a thriller that&#8217;s engaging and scenic, The Ghost Writer fits the bill. Both\u00a0Martha&#8217;s Vineyard\u00a0(actually Germany) and a cast that includes Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor are easy on the eyes. The windswept beaches and desolate\u00a0rainstorms are forbidding yet stunningly beautiful. Ewan McGregor\u00a0plays a professional ghostwriter who is<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/the-ghost-writer\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[3254,80,1343,85,400,331],"class_list":["post-8402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-dvds","tag-dvds","tag-england","tag-intrigue","tag-movies","tag-politics","tag-suspense"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-2bw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8402"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8462,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8402\/revisions\/8462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}