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That much is clear in "Silver Nitrate." Part gothic romance and part love letter to the thriving 90s Mexico City film industry, Moreno-Garcia's slow-burn thriller blends Mexican horror cinema with ...

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SILVER NITRATE | By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | 318 pp. | Del Rey | $28 A version of this article appears in print on Sept. 17, 2023, Page 10 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Movie Magic.

Set in Mexico City in 1993, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's latest novel is steeped in cinematic history and lore, as well an eerie well of myth that recalls H.P. Lovecraft, albeit in a more progressive form.

Silver Nitrate takes place in Mexico City in the 1990s, where Montserrat is a highly skilled sound editor, but as one of the few female sound editors in the Mexican film industry, she battles for ...