Mr. Wilder and Me bristow bringing in an extraordinary collection

bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery

There’s also mud-slinging Barbary (and her noble victim)

Agnes endures these trials

The bear’s hat is gone

Mr. Wilder and Me bristow bringing in an extraordinary collectionA 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,