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Release date: June 4, 2024Publisher: CounterpointWhy not kick off Pride month with a book with a protagonist who reclaims his identity as a queer Jewish immigrant in 1950s Hollywood? As a Hungarian immigrant working as a studio hack writing monster movies in 1950s Hollywood, George Curtis (born György) must navigate the McCarthy-era studio system filled with possible communists and spies, the life of closeted men along Sunset Boulevard, and the inability of the era to cleave love from persecution and guilt. But when a famous actress offers George a writing residency at her estate in Malibu to work on the political writing he cares most deeply about, his world is blown open. Soon she’s carrying George like an ornament into a class of postwar L.A. society ordinarily hidden from men like him. If you enjoyed the Showtime series Fellow Travelers and are looking for more queer stories that blend the personal with the political, The Future Was Color should fit the bill nicely.