Torquemada (17 page)
Authors: Howard Fast
Howard and Bette Fast in California in 1976. The couple relocated to the West Coast after Fast grew disgruntled over the poor reception of his novel
The Hessian
. While in California, Fast temporarily gave up writing novels to work as a screenwriter, but, like many novelists before him, found the business disheartening. “In L.A. you work like hell because there is nothing else to do, unless you are cheating on your wife,” he told
People
after he had moved back East in the 1980s. Of course, Fast, an ardent nature-lover, did enjoy California's scenic beauty and eventually set many of his novelsâincluding
The Immigrant's Daughter
and the bestselling Masao Masuto detective seriesâin the state.
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copyright © 1966 by Howard Fast
cover design by Jason Gabbert
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