STORY OF THE DAY • Aug 23, 2023  • 8 min read
 
      Author interview ‘Charlot’ in Cambodia: New novel explores Charlie Chaplin’s midlife crisis in French Indochina
      By 
      Beatrice Siviero
      
      • Aug 23, 2023
      
      In his debut novel “Charlot” screenwriter Ian Masters traces the comedic actor’s journey of self-discovery in the 1930s and a fateful visit to Southeast Asia. Silent movies were passe’ “talkies” were all the rage and the region was on the cusp of dramatic changes.
    

